D-Day’s 75th anniversary renews interest in some classrooms

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — As the 75th anniversary of D-Day approaches, historians and educators worry that the World War II milestone is losing its resonance with today’s students.
In North Carolina and many other U.S. states, D-Day isn’t part of the required curriculum, though some teachers do use the anniversary to spend extra time on the June 6, 1944, battle.
It’s not a stand-alone topic in France, which was liberated from German occupation. German schools concentrate on th