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Someone Talked! LIVE Podcast

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

  Hosts John C. McManus and co-hosts April Cheek-Messier and John Long will lead a discussion about the Memorial's past, present, and future. Audience members will have the opportunity to ask questions in this interactive podcast to be broadcast live on the Grove Street FM app and recorded for release on June 7 on all major podcast platforms. Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial. Released semi-monthly, a full slate of esteemed authors and historians give fresh, cutting-edge perspectives on World War II and modern military history. Scan or click to subscribe!

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Event Series World War II Day Camp 2023

World War II Day Camp 2023

National D-Day Memorial 3 Overlord Circle, Bedford, VA, United States

Register now for the National D-Day Memorial’s World War II Day Camp! Campers will travel back to June 1944 to explore the most important events of that month, from the capture of Rome to D-Day to the Battle of Saipan. Register Now!

$95
Event Series World War II Day Camp 2023

World War II Day Camp 2023

National D-Day Memorial 3 Overlord Circle, Bedford, VA, United States

Register now for the National D-Day Memorial’s World War II Day Camp! Campers will travel back to June 1944 to explore the most important events of that month, from the capture of Rome to D-Day to the Battle of Saipan. Register Now!

$95
Event Series World War II Day Camp 2023

World War II Day Camp 2023

National D-Day Memorial 3 Overlord Circle, Bedford, VA, United States

Register now for the National D-Day Memorial’s World War II Day Camp! Campers will travel back to June 1944 to explore the most important events of that month, from the capture of Rome to D-Day to the Battle of Saipan. Register Now!

$95
Event Series World War II Day Camp 2023

World War II Day Camp 2023

National D-Day Memorial 3 Overlord Circle, Bedford, VA, United States

Register now for the National D-Day Memorial’s World War II Day Camp! Campers will travel back to June 1944 to explore the most important events of that month, from the capture of Rome to D-Day to the Battle of Saipan. Register Now!

$95

Event Series One-Day Mini-Camp

One-Day Mini-Camp

National D-Day Memorial 3 Overlord Circle, Bedford, VA, United States

Younger students will enjoy this shorter version of our popular World War II day camp, designed just for them. Register for one or both days.

$30

We Found This in Grandpa’s Footlocker: Inside the Collection of the National D-Day Memorial

Livestream

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykz9f695dQA With more than 13,000 records in its collection database, the National D-Day Memorial has one of the best archives of WWII artifacts, photos, and documents in the United States. Explore the Memorial's collection, how it developed, the plans for these treasures, and get a first look at recently donated items. April Cheek-Messier, President, and John Long, Director of Education, will lead this special show and tell session.  

Event Series One-Day Mini-Camp

One-Day Mini-Camp

National D-Day Memorial 3 Overlord Circle, Bedford, VA, United States

Younger students will enjoy this shorter version of our popular World War II day camp, designed just for them. Register for one or both days.

$30

Lunchbox Lecture: U.S. Coast Guard on D-Day

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

In the spring and summer of 1944, the U.S. Coast Guard was stretched to its limits, supporting multiple aspects of D-Day operations. Little remembered today, the Coast Guard manned U.S. Navy transport ships, provided rescue services for the entire Normandy area, and operated different types of landing craft for U.S. forces. Coast Guard forces even accepted the surrender of a key fort guarding the deep-water French port of Cherbourg. Learn more in this fascinating discussion with Dick At Lee, a veteran of the USCG. Commander Dick At Lee, USCG (Retired) spent 27 years in the U.S. Coast Guard, rising through...

Free

National POW/MIA Recognition Day 2023

National D-Day Memorial 3 Overlord Circle, Bedford, VA, United States

Join us as we recognize prisoners of war and America's sons and daughters who remain missing with our annual wreath laying at the Memorial's POW/MIA flag, located on the east lawn (behind the Gold Star Families Memorial Monument). At 11AM, Bedford County Public Schools JROTC cadets will present the colors, lay a wreath, and play taps. Regular admission fees apply for the in-person event. The remembrance event will be recorded and streamed at 11:30AM along with pre-recorded stories of a former prisoner of war and a missing soldier from World War II. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMSYKGldYiI