Did anybody put any Flags out for the anniversary yesterday, in light of all england flags fluttering around at the moment I flew a Union Jack and an old second world war R.A.F flag from our home in commemoration of all those who took part and in some cases did not return.

one of my neighbours is very elderly, he took part in the landings, but wouldn't attend or celebrate.
He doesn't like to talk about it and says that war of any kind shouldn't be celebrated. It must have had a profound effect on him. I wonder if there are any more like him.

I think you hit the nail on the head when you use the word "commemoration" rather than celebrate, Bulldog.

To fly a flag in rememberance is a profound and proper thing and all that anyone of a subsequent generation really has a right to do.

Any interpretation of the conflict and the terrible cost in lives should be the sole right of those who lived through it and carry the images of the realities of war with them every day of their lives.

All we can do is remember.

Does anyone know what the D in D Day stands for?

It doesn't stand for anything. They simply called it D Day so if the date for the invasion changed it wouldn't confuse anyone:

i.e. 5 days before was D - 5
Then if the date changed they could just adjust the number.

Thats intereseting....never knew...

Although I am always against war and think that, although it's respectful to commemorate veterans, My Grandad was a conscientious objector in WWII, and I also think that Britain could have done a lot more in the war to stop so many Jews being killed, and I'm a pacifist at heart so I have a lot of problems with commemoration.

D does stand for something "DELIVERANCE".