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January 2020
Lunchbox Lecture Series: Going to the Movies
Jim Triesler, Director of Education, Virginia War Memorial “Yes, we have swell movies here. Tonight I saw, “Here Comes the Waves,” with Bing Crosby and Betty Hutton. It was swell. I laughed an awful lot in it. What do you mean you’ll take me to…
Find out more »February 2020
Lunchbox Lecture Series: The Forgotten Rosies, African-American Women in WWII
April Cheek-Messier, President & CEO, National D-Day Memorial Foundation During the course of World War II, over 600,000 African-American women joined the American labor force to defeat tyranny abroad. Yet these women were mostly overlooked in the wartime industry. Images of “Rosie the Riveter” have…
Find out more »March 2020
Kilroy’s Kids
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Find out more »Lunchbox Lecture Series: One Woman and 150,000 Men, The Story of Wartime Correspondent Martha Gellhorn on D-Day
Maggie Hartley, Associate Director for Programming and Events, National D-Day Memorial Foundation “I followed the war wherever I could reach it.” From the Spanish Civil War to Panama, Martha Gellhorn covered most major conflicts in her 60-year career as a wartime correspondent. She is also…
Find out more »Scout Day
Advance registration and payment required. Details coming soon!
Find out more »April 2020
Prelude to Invasion
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Find out more »Prelude to Invasion
Details coming soon! Free with regular admission.
Find out more »Lunchbox Lecture Series: The Lost Soldier, The Ordeal of a WWII GI from the Home Front to the Hurtgen Forest
Chris Hartley, WWII Historian and Author The Lost Soldier offers a perspective on World War II we don’t always get from histories and memoirs. Based on the letters home of Pete Lynn, the diary of his wife, Ruth, and meticulous research in primary and secondary sources,…
Find out more »May 2020
Armed Forces Day 5K
Support our Armed Forces at the National D-Day Memorial by participating in a patriotic-themed 5K Run/Walk. Not only does the race begin and end at the picturesque Memorial, but a total change in elevation of 220 feet provides a unique challenge for runners of all…
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