Actually, the entire parade was WWII re-inactors.  Before our final concert in the village of Carentan, (I’m guessing about the size of Zeeland, Michigan) we had the good fortune of witnessing the Liberation Parade.  This was more of a military review than parade.  The narrow sidewalks lining the narrow streets were full of local french citizens celebrating the liberation while the 16-22ish year old re-inactors marched in formation with fully equipped vintage jeeps and small tanks.  Change the clothing worn by observers and remove a few contemporary cars from the street and we might just as well been in 1944.

I’m sure that I have never seen Old Glory waving in as many places as I’ve seen the past two days or the Star Spangled Banner played as frequently.  I can honestly say the people of Normandy, France could do Memorial Day and the 4th of July way better than we’ve ever done in the United States!

http://www.ot-carentan.fr/iso_album/carentan_3v_dday_65th.pdf

If you look close on the program listed above you can see our concert listed on June 7.