29 Apr This Week in History
Hello All,Since this week in particular has so many crucial events to take place in such a short time, I thought it would be appropriate to talk about...
Hello All,Since this week in particular has so many crucial events to take place in such a short time, I thought it would be appropriate to talk about...
Good morning everyone, Well here we are, one month away from the big day. Hold on, let me try that again I don’t think I got the full range of emotion in there. WE ARE ONE MONTH AWAY FROM D-DAY! Even though it is...
Hello everyone! Forgive me for being a day late, but we are 2 months away from the big event! To say we are busy would be an understatement; everyone is working at 100% to make sure this is the most memorable commemoration we can give...
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...
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...
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...
Honestly, I have been sitting trying to figure out what information I could bring to you my wonderful readers this week. A recipe was my first thought, but then I ran off and left it on my desk which does not help me much...
We at the National D-Day Memorial are busy preparing for the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day landings. I know that we are nine months (and one day) shy of the event, but this is going to be huge, and right now I want to take...