{"id":2227276,"date":"2024-04-22T14:35:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T18:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/with-anniversary-of-d-day-approaching-soul-stirring-sight-appears-at-normandy\/"},"modified":"2024-04-22T14:39:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T18:39:02","slug":"with-anniversary-of-d-day-approaching-soul-stirring-sight-appears-at-normandy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/with-anniversary-of-d-day-approaching-soul-stirring-sight-appears-at-normandy\/","title":{"rendered":"As D-Day Anniversary Nears, Moving Scene Unfolds in Normandy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwith-anniversary-of-d-day-approaching-soul-stirring-sight-appears-at-normandy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2227276&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a> the moving installation of 1,475 giant \u2064silhouettes at the\u200b British Normandy Memorial in Ver-Sur-Mer, France, in preparation for the 80th \u2063D-Day anniversary. The project, \u200dorganized by the Standing with Giants charity, honors\u200c the servicemen \u200dwho sacrificed \u2063their lives \u2062on\u200c June 6, 1944.\u200d The \u200dsilhouettes,\u200b representing fallen heroes, create a solemn \u200cand reflective atmosphere at the\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-cuomo-on-pandemic-it-was-a-tremendous-personal-benefit\/\" title=\"Gov. Cuomo on pandemic: It was a \u2018tremendous personal benefit\u2019\">memorial site<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/michael-schwarz\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/michael-schwarz\/%20\"><span>Michael Schwarz<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   April 22, 2024 at 8:36am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>The transformed landscape created an effect so somber and breathtaking that the project coordinator called it a \u201cmeadow of souls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portsmouth.co.uk\/news\/defence\/standing-with-giants-d-day-normandy-4597195\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The News<\/a> \u2014\u00a0 a local newspaper and website in Portsmouth, England \u2014 organizers and volunteers have installed 1,475 giant silhouettes at\u00a0the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-Sur-Mer, France, as the Western world prepares to mark the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/german-police-apologise-after-officers-did-push-ups-on-holocaust-memorial\/\" title=\"German Police Apologise After Officers Did Push-Ups on Holocaust Memorial\">80th anniversary<\/a> of the D-Day invasion during World War II.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standingwithgiants.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Standing with Giants<\/a> charity organized the four-year-long project that has now culminated in an astonishing display called \u201cFor Your Tomorrow: The People\u2019s Tribute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Each silhouette represents one service member who died on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-receives-avalanche-criticism-afterthought-d-day-commemoration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 6, 1944<\/a>, while serving under British command.<\/p>\n<p>The display is now open to the public and will remain so until Aug. 31.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Standing with Giants will install 1,475 silhouettes across the British Normandy Memorial grounds, a project four years in the making, titled \u201cFor Your Tomorrow\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The public will be able to see the installation as part of the D-Day 80 commemorations from 21st April \u2013 31st August. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6FE857dU5X\">pic.twitter.com\/6FE857dU5X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Armed Forces Day \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 (@ArmedForcesDay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArmedForcesDay\/status\/1782379597360738555?\">April 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  Dan Barton, Standing with Giants Founder and Chair of Trustees, began the project with \u201czero budget.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, thanks to volunteers and donations, the field outside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishnormandymemorial.org\/news-story\/d-day-80-standing-with-giants-installation-at-memorial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">British Normandy Memorial<\/a> features hundreds of giant silhouettes. Photos of the site show each silhouette with its head slightly bowed, as if in sad reflection or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/missouri-teen-kaylee-gain-makes-shocking-recovery-brutal-fight-left-coma-power-prayer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prayer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13324765\/Standing-shadows-giants-1-475-statues-landscape-D-Day-memorial-overlooking-Frances-Gold-Beach-honour-servicemen-fell-heroic-mission.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.K.\u2019s Daily Mail<\/a>, the silhouettes stand two meters tall, or nearly 6 feet 6 inches.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Is this the correct way to honor the fallen heroes from the D-Day Landings?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But the representative soldiers\u2019 physical stature does not account for the \u201cStanding with Giants\u201d name.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe call our silhouettes Giants due to the enormity of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elementary-students-unveil-14-foot-tribute-veterans-took-school-year-make\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sacrifice<\/a>,\u201d the charity\u2019s website explained.<\/p>\n<p>Once installed, the silhouettes cast lengthy shadows as the sun began to set. Project coordinator Janette Barton, wife of the Standing with Giants founder, described the effect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so emotional, we came over to the memorial last night as the sun was setting and sat and watched the sun go down and our volunteers felt it was like a meadow of souls,\u201d Janette said, according to The News.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, the silhouettes began their journey to France from England\u2019s legendary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blenheimpalace.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blenheim Palace<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One could scarcely imagine a more appropriate point of departure. After all, among its many claims to fame, <a href=\"https:\/\/churchill.blenheimpalace.com\/?_ga=2.43284386.641990817.1707727471-631455119.1642167136&#038;_gl=1*965e9b*_ga*MTYwMTc5ODQ2NC4xNzEzNzkwMzcx*_ga_T3HKGZ4809*MTcxMzc5MDM2OS4xLjAuMTcxMzc5MDM3Mi42MC4wLjA.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blenheim Palace<\/a> is the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill, the prime minister who led the British people through World War II. Nov. 30 of this year will mark Churchill\u2019s 150th birthday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/d-day-veteran-remembers-7-words-winston-churchill-told-normandy-landings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Churchill<\/a> died in 1965, and most of the World War II generation has since passed as well. But at least one hero with living memories of the war has survived to see the Standing with Giants tribute.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Mervyn Kersh became the first Normandy veteran to observe the display, per the British Normandy Memorial. On Dec. 20, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.normandy1944.info\/stories\/mervyn-sydney-kersh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kersh<\/a> will celebrate his 100th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>The memorial and the newly-installed silhouettes overlook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.versurmer.fr\/loisirs-culture\/un-peu-d-histoire\/le-chemin-de-memoire-dossier-english\/gold-beach-5759\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gold Beach<\/a> on the Normandy coast in northern France. On D-Day, Gold Beach served as one of five Allied landing points.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Overlooking \u2018Gold Beach\u2019, 1,475 statues representing the three services now erected &#038; fill the landscape beside the D-Day memorial in honour of number the servicemen who fell during the epic mission.<\/p>\n<p>The Standing with Giants silhouettes are part of the \u2018For Your Tomorrow\u2019\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bg148clUeJ\">pic.twitter.com\/bg148clUeJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mr P\u00e5l Christiansen (@TheNorskaPaul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNorskaPaul\/status\/1781362414337888502?\">April 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In geographic terms, Gold Beach was also the center of the invasion. To the west lay Utah Beach and Omaha Beach, where service members under American command came ashore on June 6. And to the east lay Juno Beach and Sword Beach, under Canadian and British commands respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Gunner Charles Wilson of the Essex Yeomanry later described the scene at Gold Beach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe beach was strewn with wreckage, a blazing tank, bundles of blankets and kit, bodies and bits of bodies. One bloke near me was blown in half by a shell and his lower part collapsed in a bloody heap in the sand,\u201d Wilson <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=TCSQDwAAQBAJ&#038;pg=PA720&#038;lpg=PA720&#038;dq=%22The+beach+was+strewn+with+wreckage,+a+blazing+tank,+bundles+of+blankets+and+kit,+bodies+and+bits+of+bodies.+One+bloke+near+me+was+blown+in+half+by+a+shell+and+his+lower+part+collapsed+in+a+bloody+heap+in+the+sand.%22&#038;source=bl&#038;ots=K15h3yiGdO&#038;sig=ACfU3U38u5ggnnqW_KOt4Ic2Ykb9n87s0w&#038;hl=en&#038;sa=X&#038;ved=2ahUKEwj2_M-pgdaFAxVnMVkFHUVkAgsQ6AF6BAgIEAM#v=onepage&#038;q=%22The%20beach%20was%20strewn%20with%20wreckage%2C%20a%20blazing%20tank%2C%20bundles%20of%20blankets%20and%20kit%2C%20bodies%20and%20bits%20of%20bodies.%20One%20bloke%20near%20me%20was%20blown%20in%20half%20by%20a%20shell%20and%20his%20lower%20part%20collapsed%20in%20a%20bloody%20heap%20in%20the%20sand.%22&#038;f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recalled<\/a>, as quoted in Peter Caddick-Adams, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?k=9780190601898&#038;i=stripbooks&#038;linkCode=qs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sand and Steel: The D-Day Invasion and the Liberation of France<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other words, whether or not they did it by design, the Bartons, their volunteers, and everyone associated with the project seemed to know what they were doing when they placed the silhouettes in somber, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cry-america-prayer-rallies-take-place-state-capitols\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prayerful<\/a> poses.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We who work here at The Western Journal have fought for years against Big Tech and the elites who want to shut us down and then shut America down. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Make no mistake \u2014 nothing will be the same after November 2024. 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He has published one book and numerous essays on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the Early U.S. Republic. He loves dogs, baseball, and freedom. After meandering spiritually through most of early adulthood, he has rediscovered his faith in midlife and is eager to continue learning about it from the great Christian thinkers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Michael Schwarz holds a Ph.D. in History and has taught at multiple colleges and universities. He has published one book and numerous essays on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the Early U.S. Republic. He loves dogs, baseball, and freedom. After meandering spiritually through most of early adulthood, he has rediscovered his faith in midlife and is eager to continue learning about it from the great Christian thinkers. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 22, 2024, at 8:36 am, Michael Schwarz penned a poignant commentary on the awe-inspiring transformation of the landscape near the British Normandy Memorial. Described as a &#8220;meadow of souls&#8221; by the project coordinator, the installation of 1,475 colossal silhouettes was a collaborative effort involving organizers and volunteers, highlighted by The News, a local publication in Portsmouth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2056,"featured_media":2227277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Standing-with-Giants.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2227276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Standing-with-Giants.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2056"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2227276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2227277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2227276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2227276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2227276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}