Dear Commons Community,

Today is the anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the invasion of Normandy.  For our relatives and friends of the World War II generation, it was a most important day fraught with concern for loved ones and elation as Allied forces began the invasion of northern Europe that would eventually end in Berlin and the end of World War II.

Elaine and I spent part of our morning at the Winston Churchill War Rooms Museum here beneath the streets of London.  Quite impressive with lots of exhibits to ponder.  Above is a note about Churchill on the evening of D-Day.

Below is a comment from a newspaper reporter in the midst of several devastating military losses acknowledging the importance of Churchill’s rhetoric and rallying calls during the War.

It was a good way to spend June 6, 2012.

Tony

London