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Alexandria's D-Day commemoration moves to new location during City Hall construction
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Alexandria’s D-Day commemoration moves to new location during City Hall construction
By Emily Leayman
Published May 27, 2026 at 2:45PM
World War II reenactors at a D-Day commemoration at Market Square (via Alexandria-Caen Sister City Committee)
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Alexandria’s annual D-Day Commemoration won’t be skipped this year even as City Hall and Market Square construction moved it out of its normal location.
The 16th Annual D-Day Commemoration will take place from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, May 31 at Carlyle Square (300 John Carlyle Street). Vice Mayor Sarah Bagley, Council Member John Taylor Chapman, Council Member Jacinta Greene and representatives from the French and British embassies, the U.S. military and veterans organizations are expected to provide remarks.
D-Day — on June 6, 1944 — marked the start of Allied troops landing on the beaches of Normandy, France to begin the liberation of western Europe from Nazi Germany. About 156,000 Allied troops were part of the invasion, and more than 2,500 American troops were killed during D-Day.
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Alexandria’s D-Day commemoration moves to new location during City Hall construction
By Emily Leayman
Published May 27, 2026 at 2:45PM
World War II reenactors at a D-Day commemoration at Market Square (via Alexandria-Caen Sister City Committee)
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Alexandria’s annual D-Day Commemoration won’t be skipped this year even as City Hall and Market Square construction moved it out of its normal location.
The 16th Annual D-Day Commemoration will take place from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, May 31 at Carlyle Square (300 John Carlyle Street). Vice Mayor Sarah Bagley, Council Member John Taylor Chapman, Council Member Jacinta Greene and representatives from the French and British embassies, the U.S. military and veterans organizations are expected to provide remarks.
D-Day — on June 6, 1944 — marked the start of Allied troops landing on the beaches of Normandy, France to begin the liberation of western Europe from Nazi Germany. About 156,000 Allied troops were part of the invasion, and more than 2,500 American troops were killed during D-Day.
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