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Normandy Landing Beaches D-Day 72nd Anniversary Celebrations

Saturday June 4th

Sainte Mere Eglise

2 p.m.-5 p.m.: American Marching Band concerts, on the church square.
5 p.m.: American Marching Band parade, in the streets
Organization: Townhall

– 0033 233 41 31 18 –

mairie-sme@wanadoo.fr

Normandy Landing Beaches D-Day 72nd Anniversary Celebrations

Saturday June 4th

Sainte Mere Eglise

1 p.m.: Concert “The Night’s Cats” (Rock’n’Roll and Rockabilly).

Organization: City Hall

– 0033 233 41 31 18 – mairie-sme@wanadoo.fr

Normandy Landing Beaches D-Day 72nd Anniversary Celebrations

Saturday June 4th

Sainte Mere Eglise

12 p.m.: Normandy-Day Picnic, on the church’ square.

Organization: City Hall

– 0033 233 41 31 18 –

mairie-sme@wanadoo.fr

 

 

Normandy Landing Beaches D-Day 72nd Anniversary Celebrations

Saturday June 4th

Sainte Mere Eglise

Stop off for 300 cyclists of Way of Liberty (6 nations)
11:30 a.m.: wreath laying at Iron Mike Monument, la Fière.
11:45 a.m.: Photo at Borne 0 in front of the townhall.
12 p.m.: Wreath laying at Signal Monument with performance by 82nd Airborne choir.
Organization: Mairie – 0033 233 41 31 18 – mairie-sme@wanadoo.fr

Normandy Landing Beaches D-Day 72nd Anniversary Celebrations

Saturday June 4th

Sainte Mere Eglise

11 a.m.: In deambulation, “Jazzyclette”, three musicians with banjo, clarinet and saxophone playing and pedaling in rythm.
Organization: Mairie

– 0033 233 41 31 18 –

mairie-sme@wanadoo.fr

 

 

Normandy Landing Beaches D-Day 72nd Anniversary Celebrations

Saturday June 4th

Sainte Mere Eglise

In Sainte Mere Eglise

10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Exhibition of military vehicles, on the church square.
Organization: Airborne Museum

– 0033 233 41 41 35 –

www.airborne-museum.org

Normandy Landing Beaches D-Day 72nd Anniversary Celebrations

Saturday June 4th


Sainte Mere Eglise

10 a.m.: Display of battery deployment for three 105 mm cannons, on Geronimo Camp.
Organization: Airborne Museum
– 0033 233 41 41 35 –
105 mm Howitzer www.airborne-museum.org

Normandy Landing Beaches D-Day 72nd Anniversary Celebrations

Saturday June 4th

Sainte Mere Eglise

Parachutes in Normandy sky

All day long: Tandem parachute jumps above Sainte-Mère-Eglise.

Dive in History of D-Day in Normandy.
Meeting at the Cherbourg-Maupertus airport to board the plane and fly above the Cotentin and Utah Beach Coasts before your get ready to jump!

Prices: 370 €/person, video+photos: 135 €, video: 105 €.

Prior booking: Tourist Office of Sainte-Mère-Eglise

– 0033 233 21 00 33 –

or ot.sme@ccbdc.fr
Organization: A2parachutisme.com

Normandy Landing Beaches D-Day 72nd Anniversary Celebrations

Saturday June 4th

Sainte Marie du Mont

6 p.m.: Commented visit with re-enactors on Holdy Battery site.
Entrance fee: 4 €.

Realistic museography on Holdy Battery site on the4th and  5th

Organization: Mémoire du Holdy

– 0033 233 44 81 20 –

batterieduholdy@laposte.net

Normandy Landing Beaches D-Day 72nd Anniversary Celebrations

Saturday June 4th

Sainte Mere Eglise

8:30- 11 p.m.: Concerts on the church’ square.

Organization: Townhall

– 0033 233 41 31 18
8:30p.m.-9:45 p.m.: « Les Frères Jack » (three 1930’s style dandys to swingon 1940’s style
10 p.m.-11 p.m.: « Ca vous chante » (vintage music, swing, jazz…)

11 p.m.: Firework, on the church’ square. Organization: Townhall

– 0033 233 41 31 18