Valentine's card from 1940.Happy Valentine’s Day Everyone!I hope those of you who went to the G.I. Jive Valentine’s Day Dance last Saturday evening enjoyed yourselves! For the holiday, I thought I’d do a little post about the origins of the day and some fun facts!For...
Hello everyone! I want to take a moment to say THANK YOU to everyone who came out to the G.I. Jive on Saturday, February 8th. We all had a wonderful time, and I look forward to seeing everyone there again next year. In carrying with...
Hello again! We are another month closer to the big day. There are lots of exciting things going on at the National D-Day Memorial as we prepare to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the Normandy landings. If you have any questions concerning events going on...
Hello everyone! Does anyone else have one of those stacks in their house of all the books they want to read? Well, Omaha Beach & Beyond has been on that stack since I started at the Memorial in June of 2012. Over the last...
Hello All!I hope everyone is staying warm during this Arctic Blast! Here is a wonderful treat you could make while cooped up inside!As we know, desserts during wartime were almost a luxury item, since many of the ingredients used were heavily rationed. But occasionally people...
Hello everyone! It may be freezing cold outside, but here at the Memorial we are gearing up for all the wonderful events we have planned for the public this year. It gives me great pleasure to announce the first of our lunchbox lecture series—Cartoons...
As we prepare for the 70th Anniversary, I wanted to start a new segment to look at the past anniversaries of Normandy landings. We will begin with the 10thAnniversary of D-Day—6 June 1954. World War II was over, the Cold War was in full...
Help the National D-Day Memorial make the 70th Anniversary of D-Day special to the service men and women who were involved in the invasion by saying “THANK YOU” in a creative way! The Operation THANK YOU contest offers students in grades K-12 a way...
There is one aspect of my job that I love above everything else – meeting the men and women who valiantly served our country. It is a great pleasure to get to speak with veterans of WWII and D-Day, and an even greater pleasure...
To celebrate the New Year, I thought it would be the perfect time to go back to one of our ration-era recipes. I had just returned to work from holiday with my family, my youngest sister was with me and I had a bag of...