A cemetery inspires respect for that ‘most consequential day’ 75 years ago
Guest Columnist
Steve Cohen
Congressman Steve Cohen is a fourth-generation Memphian who has served on the Shelby County Commission, in the Tennessee General Assembly and, since 2006, in the U.S. House of Representatives from the 9th District.
At the Normandy American Cemetery where more than 9,000 Americans who helped free France and defeat the Nazis are buried, it is peaceful and verdant now, with straight-line tombstone crosses and Stars of David undulating over the bluffs with the beach and sea beyond.
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