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Standing in the shadows of giants: 1,475 statues fill the landscape beside D-Day memorial overlookin
« on: April 19, 2024, 10:18:54 am »
    Alongside the 1,475 silhouettes, the project will also install bespoke 'giants'
    The stunning instillation will be available to visit throughout Summer next year

By Taryn Pedler

Published: 19:04 EDT, 18 April 2024 | Updated: 05:26 EDT, 19 April 2024


An impressive 1,475 statues have filled the landscape beside a D-Day memorial overlooking France's Golden Beach in honour of each of the servicemen who fell during the historic mission.

The Standing with Giants silhouettes are part of the For Your Tomorrow installation at the British Normandy Memorial, in Ver-Sur-Mer, France.

In a stunning nod to the servicemen who fell on D-Day itself, almost 80 years ago, the fields within the British Normandy Memorial campus have been filled with two-metre-tall statues of soldiers - representing the three military services.

Alongside the 1,475 silhouettes, the project will also install bespoke 'giants' to represent the only two women on the Memorial, nurses Sisters Evershed and Field.

The two heroic women died while saving 75 men from a sinking hospital ship.

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Re: Standing in the shadows of giants: 1,475 statues fill the landscape beside D-Day memorial overlo
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2024, 07:29:09 am »
An absolutely chilling account of Omaha Beach 80 years ago.

https://twitter.com/okeefehistorian/status/1797719603801403410
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« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2024, 02:00:20 pm »
Madame Macron welcomes American D-Day veterans to Normandy.  :crying:

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« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2024, 02:07:24 pm »
Quote from: mountaineer on June 04, 2024, 02:00:20 pm
Madame Macron welcomes American D-Day veterans to Normandy.  :crying:

I have given her plenty of grief over her (mostly abysmal) sense of style, but wow.  Full props for this.  Really, really well done, Ms. Macron.
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Re: Standing in the shadows of giants: 1,475 statues fill the landscape beside D-Day memorial overlo
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2024, 02:24:56 am »
Quote from: Polly Ticks on June 04, 2024, 02:07:24 pm
I have given her plenty of grief over her (mostly abysmal) sense of style, but wow.  Full props for this.  Really, really well done, Ms. Macron.
Agreed!
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Re: Standing in the shadows of giants: 1,475 statues fill the landscape beside D-Day memorial overlo
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2024, 01:15:29 pm »
Gold, Sword, and Juno Beaches, less well known than Omaha Beach, are where British and Canadian troops landed on D-Day.
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Re: Standing in the shadows of giants: 1,475 statues fill the landscape beside D-Day memorial overlo
« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2024, 04:25:31 pm »
"I feel like a foreigner in my own country lots of times, and I don't like it. It makes my heart real heavy."

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« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2024, 04:29:04 pm »
4000 high school students in Normandy, France standing to honor our World War II veterans.

https://twitter.com/JackCarrUSA/status/1798353526038368443
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« Reply #8 on: June 06, 2024, 08:29:18 am »
Link to radio news coverage of the invasion, as information leaked out.

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« Reply #9 on: June 06, 2024, 08:50:00 am »
Thousands turn out to welcome US WW2 veterans in Sainte Mere Eglise, Normandy where the 82nd Airborne jumped on D-Day.

https://twitter.com/rhreid/status/1798385150301966429
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« Reply #10 on: June 06, 2024, 10:28:53 am »
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101st Airborne Division Veteran Ralph Maley faces the grave of this twin brother Rolan Maley, killed in combat at the age of 19 on D-Day in Normandy.
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« Reply #11 on: June 06, 2024, 10:55:29 am »
The photo is from 2018 but still, poignant.
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