This Thursday at 6:00 PM, the City of Fredericksburg and the Sister City Association will host a commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day invasion that turned the tide of the Second World War. It will take place at the Fallen Heroes Memorial at 531 George Street.
The program for the event follows:
- Welcome
- The Star Spangled Banner
- La Marseillaise
- Speakers
- Kerry P. Devine, Mayor of Fredericksburg
- Delegate Joshua Cole, D-65
- Martin Davis, FXBG Advance Editor-in-Chief
- Honor Guard and Presentation of Wreath
- Laying of Wreath
- Taps
The event is free and open to the public. Please join us as we remember the brave souls who stormed the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944.