London 'We wouldn’t be living the life we are now': Local tribute to D-Day runs all month Bill Munroe and Gordon McKenzie of the Plympton-Wyoming Museum stand in one of three display rooms featuring D-Day memorabilia on June 6, 2024. (Sean Irvine/CTV News London) Share Many area communities marked the 80th anniversary of D-Day with ceremonies and tributes. But at least one effort will continue for weeks to come.

The Plympton-Wyoming Museum in Camlachie has been repurposed to mark the anniversary of Operation Overlord. It is a passion project that has taken volunteers months to prepare. Opening Saturday, it's hoped visitors will arrive with stories of valour.

“Such as my dad was at D-day. My dad was at this beach, or here, or my grandfather,” said museum President Gordon Mackenzie as he pointed at a map of the Normandy beach landing sites. With under 10,000 residents, the size of Plympton-Wyoming is reflective of the price rural communities paid on D-Day and in the Second World War.

Local farms produced food for soldiers and young men for battle. “If you didn’t have an immediate family member, you had a next-door neighbour,” said museum volunteer and local resident Bill Monroe. “We all knew someone up the street that became a casualty of this great conflict.

” The impact of D-Day is shown through connections with Sarnia and London, Ont. and via a unique map. It overlays the D-Day beaches onto the shores of Lake Huron between Grand Bend and Sarnia.

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