Hopkinsville will honor and member D-Day this weekend by ringing bells at the same time as their sister city.
Brooke Jung, Executive Director of the Hopkinsville Convention and Visitors Bureau, says Saturday, June 6, bells will chime in Carentan, France at 6:44 PM to celebrate the 76th anniversary of liberation from Nazi Germany’s rule. In Hopkinsville, 4,193 miles away, bells will also chime at 11:44 AM at the historic clock tower, which sits atop the Woody Winfree Fire Station Museum. The bells will be rung locally by clock caretaker Russ Hayes. Jung adds local churches are encouraged to participate.
Hopkinsville Mayor Wendell Lynch says they are proud of their relationship with Sister City, Carentan, and look forward to recognizing this extremely significant date and time in history.
The city of Carentan has dedicated much of its city website to telling the story of what happened in their town 76 years ago and how the people of Carentan have been honoring and celebrating the liberators ever since.
On June 6, 1944, the 101st Airborne Division began its amphibious invasion of Normandy — a high-risk maneuver code-named Operation Overlord. Fighting to consolidate Omaha and Utah beaches, the soldiers made their way through the town of Carentan in the days following D-Day. From June 10 until 14, the 101st suffered heavy casualties in their battle against the German Wehrmacht.
For additional information about participating in the Bells of Freedom event, you can call Jung at (270) 887-2300.
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