 We are finally here to celebrate the freedom we gained 77 years ago. Let us truly appreciate it and protect it, so that our descendants may in their turn benefit from it. Today here in Caron-Ton-les-Marais, we're celebrating the 77th anniversary of D-Day and the arrival of U.S. and Allied nation troops. It's a very special occasion. We're not as numerous as we normally would be for these anniversaries of D-Day but the spirit and the respect and the recognition as we honor the U.S. veterans is just as strong as ever. As you think about those men again who gave up their lives, it's very sobering and it is a heavy atmosphere. The series of two ceremonies is unique and it's special because it starts at the cabbage patch which is such a significant point during the liberation of Normandy and on D-Day, as the 101st Airborne Division parachuted in and that was really a turning point. It was very decisive. And then now here we're outside a city hall and it's really a chance again to remember and to honor the fact that the U.S. and the Allied soldiers liberated the people who had been suffering and we see just how thankful the French people continue to be.