Liberty Road

Liberty Road is the commemorative way marking the victorious route of the Allied forces from D-Day in June 1944. It starts in Sainte-Mère-Église, in the Manche département in Basse-Normandie, France, travels across Northern France to Metz and then northwards to end in Bastogne, on the border of Luxembourg and Belgium. At each of the 1,146 kilometres, there is a stone marker or 'Borne'. The first lies outside the town hall in Sainte-Mère-Église.

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History

After the momentous events of June 1944, Guy de la Vasselais conceived a grandiose memorial to the Liberation, the Voie de la Liberté.

It follows one of a number of routes taken by the allied forces during the Second World War. The chosen route was certainly one of the most glorious, following the penetration by General George S. Patton and celebrates his historic cavalcade, which travelled from Normandy to Metz.

The opening of Liberty Road, when it was finally finished, took place on 18 September 1947, at Fontainebleau, France.

Route

These are the towns, villages and notable places along the route:

Activities

A bicycle ride of the Voie de la Liberté has taken place every other year, since 1986, in order to remember the soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice so that Nazism would be forever banished.

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