Commemorations of the 69th anniversary of D-Day started Thursday in France with a flag-raising at an American cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach. Tourists, many from the U.S. and Britain, gathered in the still morning under a brilliant spring sky to witness the flag-raising amid the neat rows of thousands of white marble crosses and stars of David marking the graves of U.S. servicemen and women killed during the Allied invasion of Normandy that began June 6, 1944. A full day of ceremonies including fireworks, concerts and marches is planned across Normandy Thursday in honor of the 150,000 troops, mainly US, British and Canadian, who risked or gave their lives in the liberation of German-occupied western Europe during World War II/Fox News. More here. (AP photo: A U.S. flag flies among the graves at the Colleville American military cemetery, in Colleville sur Mer, western France, earlier today)

• Tweet from Congressman Raul Labrador: "On this 69th anniversary of #DDay, I am grateful for all those who served our country in WWII + kept the world safe 4 freedom."

Question: Is there a living World War II veteran in your family?