I always make a note of 6th June, and commemorate it in my own way every year - simply spending a few quiet minutes saying a silent prayer and thinking of those individuals who took part in this massive military event, on both sides, as well as the many French civilians who also suffered.
A late uncle was part of the second wave that went in on Gold Beach on that day in 1944, and the memorial that has been officially opened today is a good and all-too-late monument to the events in that part of the Normandy coast. An event that changed and made history.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57373932My uncle was wounded within 24 hours of landing in Normandy and was on a hospital ship back to England soon after. He survived the war and lived a good life for decades afterwards. Many of his comrades were not so lucky.
We will remember them.