Liberation celebrations 2014
Between 23rd and 27th July 1944, there was fierce fighting as the US 2nd Armored Division moved South down the D38, liberating local villages one by one. Notre Dame de Cenilly was liberated on 24th July and Roncey on the 27th. The 70th anniversary celebrations for the villages in the canton took place in Roncey on 27th July 2014. Here is a video clip of the firework display taken by Joe Sandford-Hughes, great-grandson of Joe Hughes who was parachuted into Normandy with 2 Para just after midnight on D-Day for the attack on the Merville gun batter (simultaneous with the attack on Pegasus Bridge)