A D-Day 70th anniversary cruise with Tom Brokaw
In honor of the 70th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy next year, The National WWII Museum is teaming with Silversea Cruises on an educational travel program aboard the Silver Cloud.
Traveling on the 10-day trip will be a group of renowned historians, including journalist and author Tom Brokaw, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson, and representatives of The National WWII Museum.
The cruise will depart on May 30, 2014, from Lisbon, a center of intrigue and espionage during WWII.
It will sail north to St. Nazaire on the Brittany Coast, a base for German U-boats and the target of a famous British commando raid in 1942.
Then it will cruise the English Channel, stopping at the town of St. Peter Port, where many German military installations still remain, and Portsmouth, and then dock for five nights in the Caen Canal in the heart of Normandy.
In Normandy, tours will be offered to the D-Day invasion landing beaches, the Abbey de Caen, the Memorial de Caen, the Airborne Museum, and Hill 314 at Mortain. Many of these visits will include unique accounts from veterans and French civilians who experienced the war firsthand.
The group will also take part in the 70th Anniversary ceremonies at the Normandy American Cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach and will visit the Utah Beach Museum and the Memorial de Caen for special after-hours receptions.
The Mayor of Caen has invited the group to tour the famous 11th Century Norman Abbey for a final farewell reception on behalf of the city.
Further stops will include Pointe du Hoc, Sainte-Mere-Eglise, Pegasus Bridge, and British and Canadian beaches. Additional tours will include Mont Saint-Michel and Paris.
The cruise "is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for scholars of WWII, history buffs, and those who experienced World War II firsthand to visit these famous sites during this momentous anniversary," National WWII Museum president and CEO Dr. Gordon Mueller.
For more information, visit http://www.ww2museumtours.org.
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