1844 The YMCA, the Young Men's Christian Association, was founded by George Williams, at 72 St. Paul’s Churchyard in London, England

I used to go to the Y quite a bit but haven't been for several years now.







1944 The greatest combined military force ever assembled launched the D-Day invasion of Europe as thousands of British, US, Canadian and other Allied servicemen stormed the beaches of Normandy, France. Allied soldiers scrambled ashore as planes attacked the Germans from the air, and paratroopers secured a hold further inland. By nightfall, some 10,500 Allied soldiers were dead, wounded or captured

But we held the beaches and made the landing turning the entire war.