On May 1st we drove less than an hour from Vauville to the charming town of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont. A woman that works at Daniel’s site, Christine Bertot, had invited us over to see the town and nearby museum at Utah Beach. Since neither of us had met her we were particularly struck by her generosity of taking a day to introduce us to the special area that is rich in history of D-Day.
In the center of the town square is a towering church (11th century), which we learned changed hands multiple times over the course of the night of June 6th.
All around the square are little signs that tell the personal stories in amazing detail of what happened the night the town was liberated from the Germans.
With the memorials and museums, you begin to realize that what happened 60+ years ago seems forever carved into the identity of the place and the people.It was like stepping back in time, because there is so much that is preserved and the town looks much the same as it did many years ago.
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