plumbob Loc: New Windsor Maryland

Kerry gets the Kudos for this thread. Just passing it on for him.



Unfortunately, with the decline of teaching and interest in history in a large percentage of the population of our country today, many don't know of or care about Normandy.

This year, British artist Jamie, accompanied by numerous volunteers, took to the beaches of Normandy with rakes and stencils in hand to etch 9,000 silhouettes representing fallen people into the sand. It is estimated that casualties of the D-Day invasion were up to 9,000 allied soldiers (Great Britain, Canadian and American).

Titled "The Fallen 9000", the piece is meant as a stark visual reminder of those who died during the D-Day beach landings at Normandy on June 6th, 1944 during WWII.

The original team consisted of 60 volunteers but as word spread nearly 500 additional local residents arrived to help with the temporary installation that lasted only a few hours before being washed away by the tide.

9,000 Fallen Soldiers Etched into the Sand on Normandy Beach to Commemorate Peace Day at Arromanches, a town in the midst of Normandy.

What is surprising is that nothing about this was seen here in the US.

Someone from overseas had a friend that sent it with a note of gratitude for what the US started there.

Please share with others who understand "freedom is not free-- nor has it ever been.

What an incredible job they did.

This was a massive undertaking. Now, if it had only been publicized here as it should have been. Many people of today needed to see this. They have no concept of the extreme sacrifices that were made, historically, that gave them the freedom they enjoy today.

charlykilo Loc: Garden Valley Ca

We should remember more.

kandydisbar Loc: West Orange, NJ

Horrific

Maid Marion Loc: Corvallis, OR

Saw the news reels in the 40s of that and in the Pacific. A labor of respect from the people of Normandy.
The invasion of Ukraine has already cost 5x that on the Russian side alone. Authoritarian leaders are hard on the population.

Slimshady Loc: Central Pennsylvania

Something that we all need to remember. What would any of us have if it wasn’t for those that gave all. Let’s try to make sure that it was not all for nothing. We as the older generation are the ones that need to make sure it is remembered

mistred64 Loc: Grayslake, illinois

Thanks Plum

FourchonLa. Loc: Fourchon Louisiana, South Louisiana

“Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it.” Winston Churchill’s adaptation to George Santayana’s quote.

Thanks Kerry and Plumbob. Plum, Kerry, do you think those are the remnants of the Mulberry’s in the images?

Kerry Hansen Loc: Bremerton, WA

Yes, most probably. A lot of ingenuity and lives went into that operation.

Maid Marion Loc: Corvallis, OR

Thanks Fourchon. I have seen those in pictures but didn't know the name or purpose till I looked it up now. Ingenious. Seems the more I learn the more I don't know.

FourchonLa. Loc: Fourchon Louisiana, South Louisiana

You’re welcome Marion. I was thinking that’s what they were and Kerry believed so too. Who would have thought to make concrete barges, transport them 30 miles over notoriously rough waters and build a logistics harbor. Amazing. The one at Omaha was destroyed 2 weeks after the invasion by a terrible storm and had to be abandoned. These may have been some of them.

OJdidit Loc: Oak Creek Wisconsin

So glad you posted this, so frustrated it was not shared in the US until now. Never forget their sacrifice, nor those of other fallen Vets!

Kerry Hansen Loc: Bremerton, WA

Sad, they made the ultimate sacrifice so we don't have to speak German yet some, because of lack of teaching history, are ignorant of the sacrifice. Germans had a machine gun, I think the MG 42 or something like that, that was faster than anybody else's and it sounded like you were ripping a piece of fabric and it just mowed our kids down! Those poor souls who never got a chance to raise a family and by now have Grandchildren and more.
God Bless America! My cousin who happens to be exactly 2 years older than I sent it to me and I having difficulty posting pictures sent it on to my friends some of whom are on here and they posted it. thank you guys, I thought it was a necessary post!

plumbob Loc: New Windsor Maryland

Kerry it would be a good one to post again in November. Let me know and i would be proud to post again.

Jer Loc: N. Illinois 🇺🇸

Yes, they are, Plum. They are Mulberries.
They are a stark reminder of June 6th, 1944 along the Normandy coast.
They became semi-operational on June 10th and fully operational on June 16th.

Big dog Loc: Bayshore, Long Island, New York

Amen