From everything I've read and saw on the news, the villages and towns that are in the general areas around where the D-Day invasions occurred have passed their feelings of gratitude down through each generation, unlike Paris and other French cities.
In many small areas of Europe, there are tributes and memorials to American Soldeirs. I remember going to London in 1991. In a small park off the West End, is a large statue of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The statue is a memorial erected after his death. It listed his terms in office, and his steadfast belief in the defeat of our common enemies.
While playing golf in Dalmohoy, England, which was formerly an Allied Air Strip, 3 hours out of London, the locals have historical markers, statues, placards, and even an American cemetery, although the bodies were moved to a National Site years ago, Our Flag is still there,... and the "locals" know why. The grounds and flags are maintained, statues and plaques kept polished, usually by veteran volunteers, who still thank us "Yanks".
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