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Free admission 10-12Description
Take time to honor all who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces during this special event.
Program will include:
• Keynote address by D-Day historian and author, Peter Caddick-Adams
• Patriotic music and art display from Bedford Elementary School
• Dedication of the latest installation of veteran bricks
• Recognition of all veterans in attendance
• Book signing following the ceremony of “Sand and Steel: A New History of D-Day,” the newest book by Peter Caddick-Adams
Guests are asked to bring their own chair. No coolers or pets with the exception of service animals.
Speaker Information:
Peter Caddick-Adams, is a well-known author, military historian, battlefield tour guide, broadcaster, and defense analyst from the United Kingdom. An accomplished speaker on the international scene, he is the author of Monty and Rommel: Parallel Lives (2011), Monte Cassino: Ten Armies in Hell (2012), Snow and Steel: The Battle of the Bulge (2014) and most recently the epic Sand and Steel: A New History of D-Day (2019). Dr. Caddick-Adams is a veteran of the British military, and has extensive experience as a military historian in active war zones, including the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan.
For more information, email dday@dday.org, visit www.dday.org/veterans-day, or call (800) 351-DDAY.
Who
All ages
Cost
Free 10 a.m. to noonHow
Visit D-Day Memorial
More Info
For more information, please contact the National D-Day Memorial's Education Department at 540-587-3617.
website: www.dday.org
email: dday@dday.org
