In all the years since D-Day 1945, there are only three occasions when a> president failed to go to the D-Day Monument that honors the soldiers> killed during the Invasion.>Only Three Times.>> Those occasions were:> 1. Barack Obama 2010> 2. Barack Obama 2011> 3.Barack Obama 2012>> For the past 68 years, all presidents, except Obama, have paid tribute to> the fallen soldiers killed on D-Day.
This year, instead of honoring the > soldiers, he made a campaign trip on Air Force 1 to California to raise funds for the upcoming election.> Remember this in November!!
>>>>>> Please forward to all Vets and National Guard – what a dishonor to our > heroes.
The D-Day Memorial in Beford, Va. was dedicated on June 6, 2001 by President Bush. Neither he nor Obama have been back.
The first president to travel to Normandy to commemorate the landings was President Reagan in 1984 on their 40th Anniversary. Bill Clinton visited the site 10 years later as did Dubya on the 60th Anniversary. Obama attended a ceremony there in 2009 on their 65th Anniversary.
