“We are basically one of the caretakers of Normandy,” says TAC vice president Mike Walton. The Normandy Camporee, along with other projects over the years, has earned the Transatlantic Council (TAC) a recognition by the French Republic as one of the official custodians of Omaha Beach. “The ending of World War II resulted in peace for all nations involved,” says Dick Meijaard, Normandy Camporee chair for the 2022 event held earlier this year. It’s vital to recognize the more than 150,000 allied troops who participated in D-Day - and the 4,415 (according to the National D-Day Memorial Foundation) who gave their lives - and it’s just as important to do everything we can to maintain peace going forward. The BSA’s Normandy Camporee was designed to not only respect and remember those who participated in the day that changed the course of history, but also to honor the peace and freedom in which we live our lives today. June 6, 1944, will be forever associated with one of the most significant military events in history. Photo courtesy of the Transatlantic Council French and American Scouts hike together to a morning campfire on Omaha Beach.
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