D-Day anniversary events reveal victory for veterans' groups

From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: May 12, 1994| Author: | Copyright information

THE EXTENT of the Government's climbdown over the D-Day anniversary events in Hyde Park, London, was revealed by the Department of National Heritage yesterday.

What was once described as a "dazzlingly entertaining family day" by Iain Sproat, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the department, will now be a more restrained occasion, renamed a "Tribute to the Normandy Campaign".

The event has also been postponed from 3 July to 14 August to coincide, as nearly as possible, with the 50th anniversary of the end of the Normandy campaign when the Allies cut off much of the German army.

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