Actually, I don't even think he, nor his staff, had a clue. Obama Ignores D-Day Anniversary

Last Memorial Day there was a volunteer veteran who was collecting donations for the VFW outside my grocery store. After I gave him a donation, he gave me an artificial Poppy as a symbol of remembrance of those fallen in Battle/

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)



The PJ Tatler » Obama Ignores D-Day Anniversary
By Bryan Preston On June 6, 2012

Today is June 6, the 68th anniversary of the D-Day Invasion. Where is your president? He passed through Joint Base Andrews en route to attend four campaign events. Add the vice president’s lone line item in today’s schedule, which is also a campaign event in substance, and the administration’s top two are taking no note whatsoever of one of the greatest and most dangerous days in American history. See the president’s full schedule below.