Of war and democracy. It is great to see you all here, and to have our friends at cspan sharing this wonderful content with their feelings. To their viewers. To those watching on our livestream at home, welcome. I would like to take a moment to recognize some individuals. First off, to we have any world war ii veterans or home front workers in our crowd tonight . [applause] do we have any veterans of any other era . Please stand. [applause] and do we have many members of our board of trustee . Thank you all for your service. Summer, we here at museum have been busy commemorating the 75th anniversary of major events in world war ii, the biggest of which was june 6 for dday, invasion at normandy. Some other recent major anniversaries include last month , on july 20, the assassination in the bunker. Er landings, the dragoon in Southern France took place. This week marks the 75th anniversary of one of the most glorious moments of the war, when the city of light, paris, w as liberated after
Here, sharing this content with their viewers. To those watching on the livestream at home, welcome. Moment,like to take a as we start, to recognize some individuals. First, do we have any world war ii veterans or homefront workers in our crowd . [applause] do we have any veterans of any other era . Please stand. [laughter] [applause] and do we have any members of our board of trustees . Thank you all for your service. The museum, we at have been busy commemorating the 75th anniversary of major events in world war ii. ,he biggest of which was june 6 dday, the invasion at normandy. Some other recent major anniversaries include last month on july the 20th, was the assassination attempt on bunker. N the lagoon landings in Southern France took place. This week marks the 75th anniversary of one of the most glorious moments of the war, when the city of light, paris, was liberated after four years of German Occupation. On the Eastern Front, following the massive soviet summer offensive, the r