Our first stop in Normandy was Cinema Circulaire Arromanches a museum where we took a look at the firsthand accounts and graphic visuals of how WWII victims were treated. It struck a chord of the reality of the situation that these people were put in, the daily struggles of hoping to not suffer another day of physical and emotional pain. To further challenge our conception of a live around the time of war, we made a quick stop to another museum called Sainte-Mere-Eglise. Characteristics of how and what the French Men in WWII did was in display but the museum hinted at the fact that war offered more than a couple of scars but the emotional effects of harming everyone/thing around, detrimental.
We got to visit the land on which the battles were fought which if they were around the season we were in Normandy, God bless them it was so cold... Anyways the beach was called Omaha beach.
My personal favorite part of this day, (besides eating the Carmel that Aunty Donna bought), was going to cemetery. Although it sounds kind of morbid, it gave me a new respect for the men who fought in the WWII. How many men did it take to fight in war for a cause worth dying for? To understand how much sacrifice it took, it took a 17 year old girl to walk for a very long time around a graveyard and realize I could never read every single name in a day (or really ever). Than to further read on some of the tomb stones “Here Rests in Honored Glory a Comrade in Arms Known but to God,” it was a rude awakening as to the luxury of our 1st class world problems but also the sacrifices people made.
To end things we went to the Bayeux Museum to see the famous Bayeux tapestry, only supporting the classical education of Trinity Christian School.
The people were great, even our bus driver was a kind soul/ gave us a glimpse into the people. Normandy was a very relaxed and a quiet place (this is possibly because of the cold weather). Nonetheless a wonderful experience.
Keanu Maku'e, 12th grade