The great-grandson of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and World War II and D-Day veterans gather at the World War II memorial in Washington D.C. to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy at 10:00 a.m. ET.
Attendees:
- Elliott “Toby” Roosevelt III, the great-grandson of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt
- World War II and D-Day veterans
- DeRonda “Rondy” Elliott, daughter of Corporal Frank M. Elliott, KIA June 6, 1944
- Jane Droppa, chair, Friends of the National World War II Memorial
- Jeff Reinbold, superintendent, National Mall and Memorial Parks
- Representatives of the Embassies of Canada, France, Norway, and Poland
- Ventris Gibson, director, United States Mint
- Alex Kershaw, resident historian, Friends of the National World War II Memorial
