Sainte-Mère-Eglise
Camp Géronimo
From june 1 to 9
Opening hours : 9 am-8 pm
ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM
- Sunday June 2
4pm – 5pm : Parade of civilians and resistance fighters from the 1940s on foot, by bike or on horseback (registration open to the whole family, at collection@airborne-museum.org) - Monday June 3
7 pm-8 pm : Exhibition of vintage vehicles (church square) - Tuesday June 4
10.30 am-12.30 pm : Exhibition of vintage vehicles (church square)
2.30 pm-3 pm : Demonstration of paratroopers embarking before the Nomandie (church square)
6 pm : Harley WLA-WLC-Indian exhibition (on the camp)
- Wednesday June 5
10 am-12pm : Vintage vehicle exhibition (church square)
11am : Parade of historic allied military vehicles (without tank)(registration open at collection@airborne-museum.org)
3 pm-3.30 pm : Demonstration of paratroopers embarking before Normandy (church square)
11.30 pm : Demonstration of two searchlights (church square)
- Thursday June 6
10 am-12 pm : Exhibition of vintage vehicles (church square)
2.15 pm-2.45pm : Paratrooper demonstration and early combat (church square) - Friday June 7
10.30 am-12.30 pm : Exhibition of vintage vehicles (church square)
2.15 pm-2.45pm : Pathfinder demonstration (church square)
3 pm-3.30 pm : Paratrooper demonstration and early combat (church square)
3.45pm-4.15 pm : Glider demonstration, role of gliders (church square)
4 pm : Fredericksburg Christian School band performance - Sunday, June 9
7 pm : Historical parade with armored and dismounted troops through town.
8 pm : camp closure
Daily chaplain reunion demonstrations at 9.30 am, 11.30 am, 2.30 pm and 4.30 pm. Animations in English in the chaplain tent.
free
Docteur Masselin street
Contact : Airborne Museum > 00 33 233 41 41 35
The clearing station of the 307th Airborne medical company
From June 5 to 8
Opening hours : 10 am-5 pm
Reconstruction of an American medical company.
Presentation of a first-aid station, operating theatres and a radiology unit.
Free admission.
3 chemin Beauvais
Contact : Alsace 45 > 0033 682 98 79 39
Saint-Côme-du-Mont
Camp KIL ROY
From june 1 to 9
Open: 10 am-8 pm
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Wolverton Monument
access via rue du Maréchal Leclerc, first street
right after the church
Reconstruction of an American camp.
Departure for jeep christenings. Chargeable.
Free admission.
Contact : association Passeurs de mémoire > 0033 636 46 15 06 – passeurmemoire@laposte.net
Hiesville
Château Colombière
From June 3 to 7
Airborne Medical Reenactment, reconstruction of the medical post of the 326th Airborne Medical Company.
Opening hours :
June 3 and 5 : 10 am-7 pm, june 6 : 1pm-7pm, june 7 : 10am-3pm.
Guided tour in French, English and Dutch.
Free admission.
4 Route des gouyes.
Contact : Airborne Medical Reenactment Group and HBT’44.
Saint-Côme-du-Mont
American and German camp at the Delaunay farm
June 5 and 6
Opening hours: 2 pm-6 pm
Discover the soldiers’ way of life in the 40’s.
Exhibition of objects needed for military equipment, various uniforms and some vehicles.
Thursday June 6 at Angoville-au-Plain: 2 pm to 5 pm, reconstruction of an advanced medical post
of American nurses in the church and a Liberation ball at 8 pm.
Free admission
8 village de la Haute Addeville
Contact: association ARCA > arcanormandie2024@gmail.com
Carentan-les-Marais
From june 1 to 9
Purple Heart Lane Camp
Opening hours : 10 am-6 pm
American re-enactment camp, in the footsteps of the 101st Airborne and German soldiers, trenches and
foxholes.
Free admission
Contact : M.Bojarski > 0033 603 44 17 21
Méautis
Bloody Gulch Memorial Museum
Re-enactment camp “Bloody Gulch”
From june 1 to 10
Opening hours : 9 am-6 pm
Free admission
American, German military camp and civilian reenactment.
Exhibition of vintage bicycles, reconstruction of an old grocery store and a school with lessons in writing
and recitation of lessons.
Tours in a vintage vehicle. Charge
9 am-6 pm : unusual guided tour of the museum and manor house. History of the Bloody Gulch battlefield, presentation of the june 12 and 13, 1944, archaeological remains, re-enactment of the Battle of the Hedges. Tours depart every hour. Charge, booking recommended
Retro refreshment bar on site
1 route de la chapelle
Contact : Donville manor > 0033 647 51 02 69/0033 233 42 03 22
Saint-Marcouf-de-l’Isle
German battery of Crisbecq
From june 1 to 10
Reconstruction of German and American camps.
Military surplus
Open : 10 am-6 pm
Program from thursday june 6 to sunday June 9 :
11 am-2 pm and 4 pm: re-enactment of the Battle of the hedges, re-enactment with armored vehicles.
Price : 12€/adult – 8€/child (includes visit the battery site + show)
Friday june 7, 9pm : night show of the capture of the command bunker, followed by fireworks.
Single price: 12€/adult and 8€/child
No reservation required
1 route de Crisbecq
Contact : batterie de Crisbecq > 0033 982 57 61 92
Amfreville
The old Amfreville farm
Reconstruction of German and American encampments.
Vehicle exhibition, field cinema, sales tents, photo sessions
Open: 10 am – 6 pm
From May 31st to June 9th
7 route du hameau Flaux
