Born 127 years ago today on October 14, 1890, we celebrate the life and legacy of Dwight David Eisenhower by looking at how he celebrated his birthday during his presidency, and how it is celebrated today. In 1953, Eisenhower’s first birthday at President of the United...
Over the course of the war, the U.S. government waged a constant battle for the hearts and minds of the public. Propaganda was one of the most vital weapons in in the American arsenal During World War II. Persuading Americans to support the war effort...
Today (Sept. 27th) marks the 75th Anniversary of an important step on the road to D-Day: the departure of the 29th Division for England. Technically it was only part of the 29th—the 116th Regimental Combat Team—who shipped out on that day three quarters of a century...
It was probably not long before dawn on Sept. 1st, 1939, when the unsuspecting Polish soldier died. We’ll never know his name or where exactly he was, or if he was able to offer a futile defense of his nation before succumbing. He may have...
Tuesday, May 8, 1945, the newspapers read “VE-DAY,” a victory for the Allied forces and the Soviet Union against Hitler’s Nazi Germany. Banners were raised all across the world, with celebrations and dances in the streets, as people read the newspapers and heard through radio...
This past weekend, over 200 Boy and Girl Scouts, troop leaders, and parents gathered at the National D-Day Memorial for its annual Scout Day – a day full of educational, hands-on programs that related to World War II and D-Day, a tour of the Memorial,...
African-Americans were not the only ones to experience racism and discrimination by the armed forces during World War II. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, first generation Japanese Americans, Issei, and second generation, Nisei, soon faced harsh discrimination and assaults...
The National D-Day Memorial is gearing up for their annual spring event, Prelude to Invasion. This year the Memorial is putting a new spin on this classic education program by making Prelude to Invasion a living history experience. Prelude will still include the exhibits and...
Robert Baden-Powell, writer of Scouting for Boys and founder of the Boy Scouts organization in England in 1910, stated “An invaluable step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual.” Trustworthiness, obedience, loyalty, and responsibility are just a few characteristics that define a true...
Discussions of the American women who participated in World War II has a tendency to revolve around the Women’s Army Corps (WACs), Women’s Nurse Corps, or of the thousands of women who worked in defense plants all across the country, who had picked up where...