Denver PAL Overlord Project

08/27/2021

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and join us 9/9 at Top Golf Centennial for the 2021 Opie Open!

02/20/2020

Bid early and often! Even if you can't attend the Overlord Dinner tonight, you can still have fun bidding on silent auction items...there's some great ones!
Friends of Denver PAL

06/16/2019

06/11/2019

The Denver PAL Overlord Project isn't just for Denver PAL kids and officers. Any PAL organization, middle, high school or college program can participate. We want to share the wonders and history of Normandy with everyone!

Long Version

06/07/2019

If you missed the airing of Gary Shapiro's brilliant program, "Lessons from Normandy" featuring Denver Police Activities League's Denver PAL Overlord Project, it is now available on Youtube. We are grateful he and 9NEWS (KUSA) photojournalist John Kuhrt chose to visit with us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcGKq-iQwoA

The Denver Police Activities League (PAL)'s Overlord Project pairs veterans with students who, after weeks of studying, travel to Normandy for an immersive h...

06/07/2019

The complete interview from our friend WWII and D-Day Veteran Frank DeVita, who was a 19-year-old Coast Guard member and one of the first soldiers to storm Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zx3X08saO8 Denver Police Activities League Friends of Denver PAL

Frank Devita was just a 19-year-old Coast Guard member when he was one of the first soldiers to storm Omaha Beach in the Normandy region of France on June 6,...

06/05/2019

Tomorrow is the 75th anniversary of D-Day. All over France and the world, people will celebrate liberation and freedom because of the brave Allied troops. Tune in to Channel 20 at 9:30 pm for a special look at Denver PAL's Overlord Project, or join us at Peak to Peak Tap & Brew for a watch party, starting at 8:30.

KUSA follows students from Denver to Normandy, France to learn the lessons of D-Day during WWII.

05/31/2019

Whether you watch at home or join us for the watch party at Peak to Peak Tap & Brew, please plan on checking out 9NEWS (KUSA)'s 30-minute, commercial-free special about the 75th Anniversary of D-Day and the work that Denver Police Activities League is doing, sharing stories with Denver kids in Normandy. 6/06/19 - 9pm, Channel 20.