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Ashland To Honor WWII Veterans

Times Union

Visitors to the city of Ashland on Saturday, June 14th, may think they’ve stepped 70 years back in time.

The city is honoring its World War II veterans with a tribute to those who fought and died in the war seven decades after the D-Day invasion. June 6th is the actual anniversary of the Allied landing on the beaches of Normandy.

The Highlands Museum and Discovery Center is working with the Eastern Kentucky Military Historical Society to present a walking tour of Ashland featuring photographs, sidewalk displays and other memorabilia from 1944.

Matt Potter is president of the historical society. He says 7,600 Boyd Countians served in the military during the war and 179 were killed.

“It’s all about representing those people, commemorating their history, their heritage, their legacy. We are also doing a number of things. A lot of the businesses are pulling out items that might have been in their windows during the forties. So, it’s really a very nice, well-rounded city effort, really highlight every aspect of Ashland during 1944.” –Matt Potter

Walking tours of Ashland’s downtown that resemble its appearance in 1944 will be held between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The Ashland Daily Independent is also planning to put out a replica edition of its newspaper detailing the D-Day invasion.

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