Read my new Substack article 'When the Last Veteran Is Gone' What cycling the beaches of D-Day reveals about memory, sacrifice and freedom #dday #normandy @WorldWarII marktgoddard.substack.com/p/…

“The 9,000 who never made it home” In 2013, British artists Jamie Wardley and Andy Moss created a striking temporary artwork on the beach at Arromanches, Normandy. Known as The Fallen 9000, the project involved volunteers using stencils and rakes to etch thousands of human silhouettes into the sand, each representing a life lost during the D-Day landings of June 6, 1944. The silhouettes commemorated Allied troops, German soldiers, and civilians who died during one of the most pivotal days of World War II. What began as a small volunteer effort quickly expanded as hundreds of local residents joined in to help complete the installation. Its most powerful feature was its impermanence. Within hours, the incoming tide slowly washed the figures away. That was exactly the intention. The artwork served as a reminder of how individual lives can fade from memory, even when the events they shaped alter the course of history. On D-Day, more than 150,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, launching the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi occupation. The operation breached Hitler’s Atlantic Wall and helped pave the way toward the end of World War II in Europe. Created for International Peace Day in 2013, The Fallen 9000 was designed to highlight the human cost of war rather than the military scale of the invasion. According to History Hit and Colossal, the installation honored all those killed during the landings—civilians, German forces, and Allied servicemen alike.

Is Chicago the quintessential American city? In Episode 8 of the Losing Eldorado videocast - Chicago to Boston | No Way Out, we dive into a discussion about one of America’s greatest cities. youtu.be/yco4zluYYpM @chicago @WBEZ #housemusic #soul #disco #chicagoblues #johnhughes @NPR

Watch Episode 8 - Chicago to Boston | No Way Out Failing brakes, broken plans and chance encounters turn the last leg into chaos. #chicago #bluesbrothers @Cadillac @chicago @legionofmany youtu.be/yco4zluYYpM

A man spends 50 years teaching at MIT. He knows his time is running out. So he records one last lecture — everything he knows, distilled into a single hour. He died 5 months later. This is that lecture. The most important hour you'll watch this week. 👇 Bookmark it for later

Watch Episode 7 - Texas to St. Louis I Kravitz Kills Rock In this chapter, the journey moves through the mythic landscapes of Texas and Route 66, where American music legends and roadside reality collide. #rockmusic @legionofmany #texas #usa #stlouis youtube.com/watch?v=b5bY45QP…

As the Goddard brothers venture deeper into the Mississippi Delta on their journey toward New Orleans, they come up against US law enforcement for the first time... and the result is really quite worrying. Check out Ep 6 - The Delta to New Orleans for the whole story youtu.be/aYRzj2XAVx0 linktr.ee/losingeldorado @legionofmany #theblues #mississippi #thesouth #music #Ukraine #USA

As the Goddard brothers venture deeper into the Mississippi Delta on their journey toward New Orleans, they come up against US law enforcement for the first time... and the result is really quite worrying. Check out Ep 6 - The Delta to New Orleans for the whole story youtu.be/aYRzj2XAVx0 linktr.ee/losingeldorado @legionofmany #theblues #mississippi #thesouth #music