Salut Mes Amis:

Bennie McRae has kept us abreast of the media outreach (finally) to African-American Veterans who took part in the D-Day Invasion. In an earlier posting on this site, I mentioned that French television (TF1) was the Only media source that presented the 50th Anniversary Celebration in the context of the African American experience. (Mon Pere Etait un GI a la Liberation)

Most of us won't be attending the D-Day Celebrations in Northern France this year. However, the French Embassy has provided several on-line resources.

Thanks to Fabrice Jaumont, Education Attache, this month's Newsletter from the Education Office of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, provides several links to D-Day and its celebrations.

If you live in the New York Area, you may want to take your family to Times Square. The Newsletter highlights:

"D-Day on Times Square: French intenational network TV5 and Maison de laFrance take over the Reuters huge screen in Times Square to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of D-Day, MAy 13-June 6. Special and live coverage of "The Longest Night" on June 6 broadcast on the Reuters Screen."

Some of the links are presented in English. The French Government's official site is listed below in the main url. Fabulous!

http://www.liberation60.gouv.fr/

The remaining listings include:

D DAY
Les Fleurs de la memoire http://fleursdelamemoire.free.fr
Normandie Memoire 60eme anniversaire http://www.normandiememoire.com
Archives photographiques et cinematographiques
Archives de lâINA http://www.ina.fr/INA/Archives/Guerre
Archives de Normandie http://www.archivesnormandie39-45.org
Paths of memory http://www.cheminsdememoire.gouv.fr
MŽmorial de Caen http://www.memorial-caen.fr/portail/accueil/hp_4.asp
La Coupole http://www.lacoupole.com
Medias
Ouest-France
http://www.ouest-france.fr/dossiers/60eAnnivDebarquement.asp
Radio Bleu
http://www.radiofrance.fr/sites/france-bleu/reportage_locale/index.php?rep_sel=85173135
Paroles dâetoiles http://www.parolesetoiles.com
Sites personnels
Omaha Beach Memoires http://6juin.omaha.free.fr
Listes de liens http://6juin.omaha.free.fr/aujourdhui/web.htm
American dday: http://www.americandday.org

If you want subscribe to the French Embassy's Newsletter for Education or learn about cultural events in the US see the information below.

To register to this newsletter, please send an email to
fabrice.jaumont@diplomatie.gouv.fr

More news on French cultural and educational events on
http://www.frenchculture.org

Many thanks to Fabrice Jaumont for for his on going support of cross-cultural programs involving France and the African American experience.

Enjoy.

K Wyer Lane