D-Day event in Worcester's Cathedral Square today

The six-hour Liberation of Europe commemoration event is taking place until 4pm. 

A large screen is in the middle of the square playing D-Day-related footage.

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Visitors will also be able to see army memorabilia at the event, including a Second World War Jeep and range-finding equipment used to target the regiment's guns. 

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Members of the 39-45 Living History Society are in Cathedral Square representing the Worcester Yeomanry Museum dressed in full uniform from the Second World War. 

They are discussing the legacy of the 53rd Worcester Yeomanry, the light artillery regiment of the 6th airborne division which landed on D-Day on the beaches of Normandy. 

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The regiment was the first British artillery unit to fire on German positions in Normandy.

In the Guildhall, there is also a display commemorating D-Day, including photographs of what Worcester looked like during the Second World War.  

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The Royal British Legion and army representatives are also in attendance.

At 4pm, a closing-down ceremony led by the Worcestershire and Sherwood Regimental Association will take place in Cathedral Square. 

Thursday marked the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, which saw the Allied invasion of Normandy. 

The day marked a seminal moment in the Allies victory over Nazi Germany in the Second World War. 

Worcester has played its part in commemorating the anniversary on Thursday. 

Veterans Charity Stepway and the Salvation Army handed out free cakes, tea and coffee to commuters at Worcester Foregate Street- the same gesture offered to returning heroes during the Second World War. 

In Cathedral Square, youngsters from Tudor Grange Primary Academy and Tudor Grange Academy read 'The D-Day Poem' to pay their own tribute to our fallen soldiers.