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Standing with Giants has created an art installation of 1,475 giant silhouettes, in honour of the servicemen who fell on D-Day.<br/><br/> <br/><br/>A convey of four artic lorries, assisted by 200 Harley Davidson Remembrance Riders will travel from Oxfordshire, via Blenheim Palace, before stopping at Fort Nelson for a farewell event on 5 April, including performances from the Portsmouth Military Wives and a piper playing on the ramparts, before they cross over the channel to Normandy.
Standing with Giants has created an art installation of 1,475 giant silhouettes, in honour of the servicemen who fell on D-Day.<br/><br/> <br/><br/>A convey of four artic lorries, assisted by 200 Harley Davidson Remembrance Riders will travel from Oxfordshire, via Blenheim Palace, before stopping at Fort Nelson for a farewell event on 5 April, including performances from the Portsmouth Military Wives and a piper playing on the ramparts, before they cross over the channel to Normandy.
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