D-Day: Veterans and world leaders mark 75th anniversary
Posted on AllSides June 6th, 2019
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The only words we can say to veterans are "thank you", Theresa May has told a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the Normandy invasion.
Her words were echoed by French President Emmanuel Macron, who told D-Day veterans gathered in northern France that we owe them "our freedom".
The day of commemorative events began with a lone piper marking the moment the first UK soldiers went ashore.
Donald Trump later told US veterans they were "the pride of the nation".
The US president was at a service at the...