Café Gondrée at Pegasus Bridge.....

.... where we stopped for a cup of tea, has the distinction of being the first house in France to be liberated.

http://365project.org/quietpurplehaze/365/2014-06-06

[David H.]

ooh ooh I've been there!
Love how you've captured the textures of the flaking paint.

[Meredith McNay]

Really interesting.

[Ruby]

Next capture , lovely tones

[Kane Arlow]

Wow, what a fantastic piece of history.

[Penelope Ann]

Beautiful old sign, great memoir

[Sophia Ziburtovicz]

Amazing history and capture, Hazel

[Rosie Kerr]

Lovely piece of history... your timing is perfect, on the anniversary of the Omaha Beach invasion.

[Richard Hickey]

Awesome picture.

[Margaret Brown]

Very rustic nice details!

[wendy frost]

Fascinating history it is always great to visit such places.

[Pat Knowles]

You will almost feel as if you are at the celebrations Hazel.......wonderful you know the area .

[Hazel]

@happypat

It's true that we have visited all the landing beaches, the American military cemetery, Arromanches. Ste Mère Eglise - on different visits to the area.

[Raymond Milsted]

Nice historic photo

[Ivan]

Very interesting photo and place, Hazel. So apposite a posting for today.

[Pyrrhula]

Historical place, but there was a long hard way to go to Berlin.

[Joaozito Polo]

Cool location. I loved the shot.

[Kathleen Hickey]

Wonderful picture - thanks for sharing the history