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BOAZ, Ala. (WHNT) – The Boaz High School marching band will perform in Normandy, France in June of 2024.

The band will be featured in the festivities and parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

D-Day commemorates the Normandy Landings on June 6, 1944, when more than 13,000 allied soldiers stormed the beaches of Nazi-occupied Normandy.