The annual D-Day and Battle of Normandy parade and memorial service will take place on June 2.

The parade and memorial service of the 80^th Anniversary of the deadly wars will take place at Sanctuary Park Cemetery Veterans Burial Section, at 1570 Royal York Road.

A Form Up will take place at 12:30 p.m. off Royal York Road, with March Off at 12:45 p.m. and Service at 1 p.m.

All is welcome to join the host at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 101, at 3850 Lake Shore Blvd. W.

There will also be a commemoration of the 80^th Anniversary of D-Day on June 6 at Victoria Peace Monument at Coronation Park from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at 711 Lake Shore Blvd. W.

The Formation will take place at 11:30 a.m.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will attend D-Day events in France including a Canadian ceremony at Juno Beach on the morning of June 6, marking exactly 80 years since 14,000 Canadians stormed the beach as part of a massive Allied forces operation.

Royal Canadian Legion branches across the country hold Decoration Day on June 2 to remember those who fought in battles that occurred before the First World War, when Canada was finding its footing as a nation during its earliest days.

The first Decoration Day took place in June 1890 when veterans of the Fenian Raids more than 20 years earlier placed decorations at the Canadian Volunteers Monument in Toronto. The following year, the public took notice, with 30,000 people taking part in remembrance ceremonies during the 25th anniversary of the Raids.

D-Day is considered to be the beginning of the end of the Second World War, ultimately leading to the Allies liberating Western Europe from the Nazis less than a year later.

But it came at a heavy cost, with 381 Canadians killed on the first day of the invasion and more than 5,000 by the time the Battle of Normandy concluded three months later.