Barracks at Stalag Luft IIIToday marks the 70th anniversary of the escape attempt by 76 Allied airmen from the Stalag Luft III. Many of you have undoubtedly seen the 1963 Steve McQueen film The Great Escape, which brought this story to the forefront. I...
Hello D-Day Patrons!Corporal Alyce Dixon (right), of the 6888th, talks with her superior, 1945.In honor of Women’s History Month, I would like to take some time to talk about the 6888thArmy battalion, an African-American all women’s unit dedicated to processing the backlog of mail from...
Top o’ the mornin’ to ya!Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone! I thought it would be festive to talk about the history and fun facts about the holiday since about 44.6 million Americans can trace their ancestry back to Ireland...
On March 25 at Noon in the Bedford Area we will have the last lecture of the winter season. For women history’s month, we will be looking at a topic that is one of my personal favorites – women spies of World War II. ...
With the snowfall earlier this week, it is hard to think that summer and the 70th Anniversary of D-Day is just 3 months away! We are busy, busy with the preparations and everyone is getting more excited every day. Don’t forget to check out the...
The Memorial is closed yet again because of snow. However, that doesn’t mean that we are taking the day off! After not getting to post last week (it was crazy busy), I will double the efforts for this week. We are marching ever closer...
I hope everyone enjoyed all the snow last week. On February 25 at noon, we hope you join us for our next lunchbox lecture at the Bedford Welcome Center. Memorial President April Cheek-Messier will present about the historic USS Sea Cloud, a WWII Coast Guard...
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...