Daily News Article - May 19, 2014
PLEASE NOTE: The last day of posting for the school year is June 13th.
“Answers” emails will end for the summer on May 23rd.
1. When and what was D-Day?
2. Who will preside over the 70th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy?
3. What is the Legion of Honor?
4. What do U.S. veterans of D-Day say the French government had offered to do?
5. What was the French government’s response to this assertion?
6. Who told the veterans France would pay for everything? Why did they think this was so?
7. The veterans who took part in the D-day landing are in their late 80’s to early 90’s. Do you think the French government should pay for their airfare as well as hotel and transportation to Normandy?
8. Why should as many vets who made the D-Day landing be able to attend and not pay for the trip? Why is it important that them be there?