LIVE NOW: Roosevelt Family, Veterans Mark 80th Anniversary of D-Day

Published on June 6, 2024

The great-grandson of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and World War II and D-Day veterans gather at the World War II memorial in Washington D.C. to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy at 10:00 a.m. ET. Attendees: Elliott “Toby” Roosevelt III, the great-grandson of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt World War II and D-Day veterans DeRonda “Rondy” Elliott, daughter of Corporal Frank M. Elliott, KIA June 6, 1944 Jane Droppa, chair, Friends of the National World War II Memorial Jeff Reinbold, superintendent, National Mall and Memorial Parks Representatives of the Embassies of Canada, France, Norway, and Poland Ventris Gibson, director, United States Mint Alex Kershaw, resident historian, Friends of the National World War II Memorial ...

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