This Memorial Day, North Lakes Academy Charter School student Evan DuFresne will be researching the life of Private William J. Bremer, an American service member who is memorialized at the Normandy American Cemetery. DuFresne and his teacher Christopher Stewart are charged with telling the untold story of Private Bremer as part of the Normandy: Sacrifice for Freedom Albert H. Small Student and Teacher Institute.
This institute takes 15 student and teacher teams on a journey through history. Each team selects one silent hero who died during or after the D-Day landings and spends months researching the story of this brave American through readings, historical research, and primary sources such as war records, draft cards, and family interviews.broadstreet.zone(48036);
Students and teachers then follow in their silent hero’s footsteps as the institute takes them to walk the beaches of Normandy, France. While there, DuFresne will deliver a grave side eulogy for Private Bremer in
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