A series of events will be held in the Lancaster and Morecambe District on Thursday, June 6 to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
June 6 2024 will be 80 years since the beginning of Operation Overlord, the most extensive naval, air and land operation in history, involving the landing of around 156,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy, as they sought to recapture Western Europe from the Nazis during the Second World War.
Here are the events taking place locally:
In Morecambe, the Town Crier is due to deliver the official D-Day 80 Proclamation on the steps of Morecambe Town Hall at 8am on Thursday, and again at roughly 8.30/8.45am by the Clock Tower on the Promenade.
Then at 9pm, there will be a ceremonial beacon-lighting event outside Morecambe Town Hall.
This event is open to the public and free to attend.
In Carnforth, there will be a proclamation by the Town Crier at 10am at the War Memorial Gardens. The D-Day flag of peace and the Union Flag will be flying high.
From 8:45pm there will be a gathering at the War Memorial Gardens to join the nation and Commonwealth in remembrance and celebration of the D-Day landings.
There will be another proclamation by the Town Crier, an international tribute read by the Deputy Town Mayor, Councilor Roly Parker and at 9:15pm a beacon will be lit along with hundreds of other parishes and towns across the United Kingdom.
You can light a 'candle of peace' (provided by Carnforth Town Council) to remember the servicemen and woman and all of those who fought, suffered and died during the D-Day landings. Bring a jam jar.
The Bobby Pin ups will provide songs and music from the era.
In Lancaster, there will be a concert with Morecambe Band and beacon lighting at the Priory.
The concert starts at 7.15pm and the beacon will be lit at 9.15pm.
Unreserved seating £10, U18s half price. Wheelchair spaces £10 plus one personal assistant seat included free of charge. Please contact concerts@lancasterpriory.org for availability.
This concert will run without an interval and last about one hour.
On Tuesday, Bare & District Women's Institute attached poppies to the Silent Soldiers at Princes Cresent, Happy Mount Park and Lancaster War Memorial ahead of the D-Day commemorations.
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