Livingbattlefield attended the first award ceremony for The Maureen Kennedy Memorial prize. The ceremony was held in the gardens of the lovely Château de L’Isle-Marie, close to the bridge at Chef du Pont, one of the key D-Day objectives for the 82nd Airborne.
The $10,000 award, which is given to deserving groups who help preserve the memory of people who fight for freedom, was shared between ‘Operation Democracy’ of Locust Valley, NY and the Normandy group, Amies des Veterans Americain (Friends of the American Veterans).
The ceremony was presided over by Maurice Renaud, youngest son of the war time mayor of Ste Mere Eglise and was attended by veterans and many visitors from across U.S.
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