Hillary Clinton commemorates D-Day with post suggesting Trump is comparable to Hitler
Hillary Clinton marked the 80th anniversary of Sen. Normandy’s (D) nomination for U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell with a social media post characterizing former President Donald Trump as a threat to democracy on par with Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. In a post on X on Thursday, Clinton suggested democracy is at stake in the […]
Biden Uses D-Day 80th Anniversary Speech to Attack Putin, Defend Democracy
In a speech at a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landings in Normandy, France, President Joe Biden condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “tyrant” and called on the world to “protect democracy in our time.” The latter remark was reminiscent of comments made by Biden during his campaign in which he […]
Biden commemorates D-Day at Normandy, calling on allies to repel ‘tyrant’ Putin in Ukraine
In Normandy, France, President Biden commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings and used the occasion to call on allies to defeat Russian President Putin, a “tyrant” in Ukraine. Speaking at a ceremony near the beaches of Normandy, Biden joined French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in describing the […]
D-Day + 80 — the Message of the Dead to the Living
Throughout history, as in life, we often only realize the value of things when they are gone. When something existed, we took it for granted, even mocked it, so when it is gone, we feel lost. This is, for example, the story of the American West. In the 19th century, when the West was actually […]
King Charles remembers D-Day with Prince William in first overseas trip since cancer diagnosis
King Charles III has undertaken his first trip abroad since announcing his cancer diagnosis. On Thursday, the King arrived in Normandy, France, with his wife, Camilla, Queen of England, to attend a Ministry of Defence and British Legion commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings during World War II. The couple were accompanied […]
WWII Hero Robert Persichitti Dies Traveling To France For D-Day Anniversary
A World War II hero who witnessed the raising of the American flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima died Friday, May 31, while en route to France for the commemoration ceremonies marking the Normandy landings. Robert Persichitti, a 102-year-old Navy veteran from Fairport, New York, suffered a medical emergency on board a ship en […]
McConnell blasts isolationists and defense skeptics in D-Day anniversary op-ed
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) warned against embracing isolationism and those skeptical of building up defense on the 80th anniversary of D-Day. McConnell detailed his thoughts on what the anniversary means for U.S. foreign policy when faced with threats to democracy in an op-ed published in the New York Times. Eighty years ago today, […]
RUCK: What We Owe Our Veterans This D-Day
Eighty years ago, the beaches of Normandy, France, were a hellish place. The sea literally ran red with the blood of Allied soldiers torn apart by German Wehrmacht defenders. But American soldiers pressed on, step by step, making great sacrifices. On the day of the Normandy landings, these young men stormed Hitler’s Atlantic Wall, showing […]
WWII vet Robert Persichitti dies traveling to France for D-Day commemoration
A 102-year-old American World War II veteran who witnessed the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima has tragically died while en route to France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings. Robert Persichitti, of Fairport, New York, died last Friday after undergoing emergency medical treatment at a hospital in Germany, a […]
What we owe our veterans this D-Day
Eighty years ago, the beaches of Normandy, France, were a hellish place. The sea literally ran red with the blood of Allied soldiers torn apart by the defenders of the German Wehrmacht. But with every step, American soldiers pressed on, making great sacrifices. On the day of the Normandy landings, these young men, driven by […]