Every year in France, there's a ceremony that rarely makes headlines.

Ordinary people & families collect sand from Omaha Beach โ€” where Americans lost 2,400 lives on D-Day.

Then, they use it to fill in the letters on their tombstones of the fallen.๐ŸŒŽโค๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท https://t.co/Am7B8jEASu

— Rex Chapman๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿผ (@RexChapman) June 8, 2020