D Day 2009

Thanks, President Obama for Remembering D-Day: From the Granddaughter of a D-Day + 4 soldier

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 07.07.2009 | World


Danielle Cavallucci

Remembering our history gives us strength. It gives us the opportunity to rise above the pettiness of individual desire, and to strive for something greater.

Letter From Paris: Yes, We Ca(e)n! In Normandy

Beth Arnold | Posted 07.07.2009 | World


Beth Arnold

Residents in Normandy towns decked their streets in U.S. and French flags in preparation for Obama's visit. Posters read "Yes, we ca(e)n," a cross between the campaign slogan and the name of a local city, Caen.

Sarkozy, Obama To Be United On D-Day -- With Or Without Her Majesty

AP | ELAINE GANLEY | Posted 07.03.2009 | World


PARIS — President Nicolas Sarkozy is a big fan of the United States and makes no secret of his craving for the limelight. Enter Barack Obama, th...

Prince Charles To Attend D-Day Ceremony After Diplomatic Spat Over Queen's Invitation

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 07.03.2009 | World


LONDON — Prince Charles will attend this week's 65th-anniversary commemoration of the D-Day landings, royal officials said Tuesday, in an attemp...

Obama Lobbies For D-Day Invitation To Queen, Says White House

The Guardian | Daniel Nasaw in Washington and Haroon Siddique | Posted 07.03.2009 | World


Unlike some of his compatriots on the right, Barack Obama is probably far too diplomatic to bring up the debt owed to the US by France from world war ...

Sarkozy's Obama D-Day Visit Seen As Snub To The British

Charles Bremner | Posted 06.27.2009 | World


Trust the British to spoil Nicolas Sarkozy's plan for a dream day with Barack Obama. The French president managed after much arm-twisting last month t...