Beautiful, isn't it
This is Juno beach, one of the beaches of the D-Day Landings. Sixty three years ago, it looked like this:
The Canadian government opened the Juno Beach Centre as "a learning centre and tribute to Canadians". We arrived there too early to look around, but admired it from the outside (although questioned the commercial sponsorship on some of the plaques - although no doubt the sentiments are good, words to the effect of "L'Oreal remembers Canada's war effort" alongside a personal tribute to a soldier who died thousands of miles from home doesn't quite feel right). Still, the centre is an impressive building.
I can't quite get over the fact of the thousands of servicemen and women fighting for a country they may never have visited.
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