At an emotional D-Day ceremony at Canadian War Cemetery in France, relatives, veterans remember those lost

Veteran Major General Richard Rohmer at the Canadian War Cemetery to mark the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day landings, in Beny-Sur-Mer.Lt.-Gen. Richard Rohmer, right, is seen in the B.8 aerodrome, in Normandy , France, in July 1944.Tyrell Muskego, from Cross Lake, Manitoba, stands at the grave of his great grandfather who died in World War II, in the Canadian War Cemetery.The grave of Gunner Rose Beardy is draped in the Manitoba flag in the Canadian War Cemetery.

Tyrell Muskego, 18, from Cross Lake, Man., stands at the grave of his great-grandfather who died in the Second World War, in the Canadian War Cemetery in Beny-Sur-Mer, northern France, on June 5.They joined a couple of hundred people and a dozen Second World War veterans for a ceremony at the war cemetery, which contains the graves of nearly 2,100 Canadian soldiers. After the speeches, wreath layings and a moment of silence, the students gathered around Mr. Beardy’s grave.

Almost every town along the coast is decorated with Canadian, American, British and French flags in honour of the anniversary. For people here, the events of D-Day are close to their hearts. Earlier on Wednesday, Princess Anne unveiled a statue in Bretteville, Normandy, in honour of the Regina Rifle Regiment, which suffered more than 100 casualties on Juno Beach. They persevered nonetheless and liberated the towns of Reviers, Fontaine-Henry and Bretteville-l’Orgueilleuse.

He hadn’t been back to Normandy until this week. “It’s nice and exciting and something that I really thought I’d like,” he said. He added that even though the world remains engulfed in war, Canadians “can do something to assist liberty and justice.”

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