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| This past week our amazing, history loving friends put on their 4th Annual Remembering WWII Event. These are the veterans who came for the day. |
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| The Germans preparing for battle reenactment... |
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| and the battle in full swing! |
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| Strategies abound. |
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| Did the lovely Boyer sisters really stop the battle? :) |
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| Nope! Flying shrapnel and smoke bombs... |
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| ...and earplugs for the littles. :) |
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| Americans making a come back.... |
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| ...and the British contingent right there with 'em. |
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| The Iron Mare |
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| Happy young soldiers on active duty. |
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| Just before victory! That Nazi flag is coming down! |
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| Diligent paper boys. |
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| Blessed to hear the stories and thank these brave soldiers! |
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| Ice-cream makes any battle even better. :) |
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| Lina and Cass. Kind of like "Where's Waldo?" :) |
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| Apparently they let civilians from another era on board. |
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| Mr. Courter atop his WWII Duck. |
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| Our very favorite sailor! |
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| Approximately 4000 people came to watch the re-enactments and to enjoy the completely transformed town of Linden! All storefronts were WWII. Like stepping back in time! |
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| Cassidy adopted this very cute mini-sailor for the day! |
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| Lovely Boyer sisters singing "Chattanooga-Choo-Choo" |
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| One of our favorite German hats. Those sprigs are so.....green! |
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| Obviously the Bowers have not tackled the WWII dress code yet. We promise to at least find our red lipstick by next year!! |
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| Crosby figuring out the best way to plug her ears and eat all that popcorn! |
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| Happy siblings who DID figure out what to wear! |
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| Holocaust survivor Arthur Pais shared his story. Daddy was in charge of filming the different speaker's incredible stories of courage and endurance. Very inspiring. |
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| Beautiful tribute to the men lost in WWII. |
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| Roaring down the road. |
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| Traveling back in time for tea. |
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| Happy ride in a very authentic old firetruck! |
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| The ever lively band! |
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A favorite re-enactor.
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| 850, 000 WWII Vets are left worldwide. They are dying at 500 each day. We were thankful to meet them and to better understand this part of our history. |
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| The amazing crew that made it all happen. Dressed up for evening festivities in the USO. |
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| A fantastic rendition of Winston Churchill's famous speech. |
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| Audience was utterly captivated until the downpour. Lovely Esther never missed a beat as everyone jumped up just after this shot... and ran! |
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| The Courter and Vernier families ended a most wonderful day with, "We'll Meet Again." |
1 comment:
Thanks so much for sharing this post! Special "thanks" for taking care of a "little sailor" for the day; it was great knowing he was in such great hands!!
We can't thank you enough for recording the speakers -- can't wait to get it on DVD so we can share these WONDERFUL stories with others (especially all our terrific volunteers who were too busy to get to sit down and listen!)!
I would love the nighttime crown pic ;-)
Michelle for the family
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