Remember

Les Braves is a memorial designed by artist, Anilore Banon, on Omaha Beach, constructed to commemorate the fallen soldiers of the D-Day invasion on 6th June 1944, a monument to remember the ultimate sacrifice. The memorial represents three elements: wings of hope, rise freedom, and wings of fraternity. The memorial was intended to be a temporary piece; however it still stands on the shores of Normandy.

File info: 1210-4-2137 [16:9]

St. Laurent-sur-Mer, Calvados, France

Author: Chad Dutson

Photo size: 1.4 Mpixels (4.12 MB uncompressed) - 1600x900 pixels (5.3x3 in / 13.5x7.6 cm at 300 ppi)

Photo keywords: anilore banon, architecture, beach, calvados, chad dutson, coast, english channel, evening, france, fraternity, freedom, hope, landscape, les braves, memorial, monument, normandie, ocean, omaha, remember, sculpture, sea, seascape, shore, soldier, soldiers, st laurent-sur-mer, sunset, war, waterscape, wings, world war ii, wwii

Published in: Ocean, Beaches, France, The Netherlands, 2014 Releases, 16:9 Panorama