Hopkinsville is about to get some visitors next week from across the pond!

24 students from Hoptown’s sister city Carentan France will visit Christian County to tour local museums, engage with community leaders, and learn about the history between the two towns.

To see how important the 101st Airborne was to Carentan during World War II watch this video: 101st Airborne Liberators: Carentan 1944 Then and Now

Christian County Now says:

“Carentan France and Hopkinsville are sister cities, explains Visit Hopkinsville manager Amy Rogers. On June 6, 1944, the 101st began its invasion of Normandy in a high-risk code-named Operation Overload.

Soldiers made their way through the city of Carentan in the days following D-Day. At the end of the battle, German forces withdrew and the small town was liberated from Nazi occupation. “Carentan is very grateful that Fort Campbell liberated them, the relationship we have is beautiful,” Rogers said.

The students, along with 3 teachers, are coming as part of a gratitude project, Rogers told Christian County Now. “We are very excited we are going to have them here.'”

The students visited back in 2017.

Back in 2019 Christian County students took a trip to Carentan.