![]() ![]() ![]() Our philosophy and goal is to “Perpetuate Remembrance” to living and future generations through education, knowledge and inspiration. Spirit pays tribute to those whose sacrifices, extraordinary courage and immense bravery gave us the freedom we enjoy today. Our motto: "Travel with Meaning." We at Spirit are passionate about our ethos and our core identity: Remembrance. Based in the UK, we specialise in the US, Canadian, Australian, NZ and UK markets for Remembrance & FAMILY HISTORY research travel. We are a global, fully licensed Battlefield Travel & Tour operator. Spirit was born of a fierce determination to provide PREMIUM REMEMBRANCE & FAMILY HISTORY global travel experiences with the best specialist battlefield guides in the world, providing the highest standards of customer service, ethics and travel experience possible. Also includes Sainte-Mère-Eglise, La Fière bridge & causeway, Longues-sur-Mer Battery, Brécourt Battery, Pointe-du-Hoc, Juno Beach, Sword Beach, Pegasus Bridge, the Café Gondrée and much more. This premium tour combines all the special 75th anniversary commemorative activity of D-Day itself with a carefully balanced and researched tour visiting the battlefields of the American and other Allies landing beaches plus the two airborne landing zones. This premium tour includes most meals, 4*+ accommodation and transport, attendance at the remembrance ceremonies on 6 June in the American sector beaches Utah and ‘Bloody’ Omaha, numerous re-enactments and ceremonies such as the TAPS ceremony at Normandy American Cemetery & Memorial, ‘Daks over Normandy’, a mass parachute drop recreating American WW2 Rangers actions, 1940s Glenn Miller music concert, various Acts of Remembrance throughout, WW2 fighter aircraft overflights and further days inland - learn about Merville Battery, Pegasus Bridge, Bayeux, Falaise gap and much more. The tour focuses on special ‘one off’ human interest individual participant's stories throughout the tour, the initial terrible battles on the landing beaches, the breakout and push inland - and the complexity and size of the overall operation. 17 Inspiring Quotes to Remember the 75th Anniversary of D-Day The landing at Normandy of 156,000 American, British, and Canadian forces on June 6, 1944, marked the beginning of the end of. ![]() Victories and setbacks - and the eventual breakout and first 2 weeks after D-Day - and the major battles that raged against a now well prepared and fanatical enemy - who knew this battle was in fact the beginning of the end. This historic (one of a kind tour) is specifically designed around the American section of the overall Allied landing and the immediate days after the landing. This was the largest seaborne invasion in history, and laid the foundations of the overall Allied victory for WW2. The Normandy landings on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 (the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II) are today referred to as D-Day. This historic tour remembers and honours the enormous sacrifices of the United States and its allies on 6th June 1944, when the free world began the enormous and terrible task of wresting back the freedom of the free world from the Nazi regime in WW2. On June 6, 1944, D-Day, more than 130,000 American and Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, and thousands more parachuted in behind enemy lines, on a mission to retake Europe from the control of Nazi Germany. Interact with World War II veterans as they recount their service and sacrifice to our country.Join with Spirit on this historic, ‘once in a lifetime’ premium battlefield remembrance tour – remembering the fallen and honouring remaining American and allied veterans – who gave their all for us – enabling us to enjoy the freedoms we have today. Proclamation on National Day of Remembrance of the 75th Anniversary of D-Day. National Day of Remembrance of the 75th Anniversary of D-Day. as he shares his father’s (General Charles Cabell) involvement as Chief of Plans for the United States Strategic Air Forces in 1944 in D-Day decisions.Ĭonversations with the Greatest Generation Start this day by hearing General Eisenhower’s D-Day “Order of the Day” message to the Allied Forces and President Roosevelt’s D-Day radio address.ĭ-Day messages will be broadcast throughout the day from the radio of the Museum’s B-17, City of Savannah. The National Museum of the Mighty Eighth will be commemorating the 75th Anniversary of D-Day with programs throughout the day.ĪDMISSION IS $8 FOR EVERYONE ON D-DAY (WWII Veterans and children under 6 are always FREE) ![]()
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