This page will discuss the locations the Institute visits on each of the days in France. While this is subject to change, this is the general schedule that the Institute follows in any given year. We stay in Bayeux and Paris during the trip.

Day One: Before the Landings

• Pegasus Bridge Museum and Cafe Gondree in Benouville
• Museum of the Atlantic Wall in Ouistreham
• Monuments to the Free French
• Batterie at Longues sur mer

Day Two: The First Landings

• Church of St. Come and St. Damien in Angoville au Plain
• The Airborne Museum at Sainte Mere Eglise
• La Fiere Bridge and Iron Mike
• The Richard Winters Leadership Memorial
• Utah Beach, the Utah Beach memorials, and the Utah Beach Museum
• The LeClerc Monument
• The Azeville Batterie
• Pointe du Hoc

Day Three: The British Landings

• The Mulberry at Arromanches
• The Cross of Lorraine Monument
• Canada House and Juno Beach
• Sword Beach, the Bill Millen Statue, and the Commando Monument
• Strongpoint Hillman
• Marie Louise Osmont's home
• Abbaye d'Ardenne
• The British War Graves Commission Cemetery at Ranville

Day Four: Omaha Beach

• Vierville Draw, Omaha Beach
• Site of General Cota's Landing
• The first temporary US Cemetery
• Monument to the 2nd Infantry Division
• The German Cemetery at La Cambe
• The Bayeaux Tapestry

Day Five: Colleville Sur Mer and Paris

• The American Cemetery
• 1st Infantry Division Monument
  
• Travel to Paris 

Day Six: Paris

• Bus tour of the City
  • Palaise de Chaillot
  • Place des Etats Unis
  • French Police (Gestapo) HQ
  • Gestapo HQ
  • Arc de Triomphe
  • The Champs Elysees and Place de La Concorde
  • Hotel du Talleyrand
  • Hotel Meurice
  • Jean Moulin Meeting Site
  • Helene Berr's Flat
• Visit other sites in Paris based on request.

Day Seven: Returning to DC

• Charles DeGaulle Airport
• Dulles International Airport