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Event Series Lunchbox Lecture Series

Lunchbox Lecture: 80 Years Since Victory with Major General Mari K. Eder

Fleda A. Ring Education Quonset Hut 3 Overlord Circle, Bedford, VA

Mari K. Eder Major General Mari K. Eder returns to the Lunchbox Lecture Series to present "80 Years Since Victory: How it Took Hold - How it Held Up." At the war's end, over 12 million American military men and women were actively serving. More than 7.6 million were stationed overseas and everyone wanted to get home as quickly as possible. These are the stories of how some men and women navigated the sudden peace and made their way to their new lives. A book signing of Eder's The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line: Untold Stories of the Women...

Event Series Distinguished Speakers Series

Distinguished Speakers Series with Robert M. Edsel

Bobbie G. Johnson Pavilion National D-Day Memorial 3 Overlord Circle, Bedford, VA, United States

Robert M. Edsel #1 NYT bestselling author Join us for our Distinguished Speakers Series lecture with Robert M. Edsel—the #1 New York Times bestselling author of five non-fiction books including Rescuing da Vinci, Saving Italy, and The Monuments Men, which served as the basis for Academy Award recipient George Clooney’s 2014 film—sharing his highly anticipated, newly released book, Remember Us: American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom, and a Forever Promise Forged in World War II. About Remember Us Remember Us begins in the pre-dawn hours of Hitler’s invasion of Western Europe on May 10, 1940, when his forces rolled into the small province of Limburg...

$10 – $15

Event Series Lunchbox Lecture Series

Lunchbox Lecture: “Filming D-Day” with Jennifer Rossel

Livestream

What did Omaha Beach look like on D-Day? Most of us will immediately call to mind the Hollywood hits The Longest Day or Saving Private Ryan. But fewer will know that there was actual film footage of the landings captured on June 6, 1944. Join the National D-Day Memorial for a conversation with Jennifer Rossel, the daughter of Richard Taylor of the 165th Signal Photography Company, the man who filmed the only known motion picture footage of Omaha Beach on D-Day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGYZU2wg_dA