Upcoming Events

January 16, 2009
World War II Quiz Nite
Teams of four will compete for WWII knowledge supremacy and great prizes. If you don’t have a team, we will make one for you.

January 7, 2009
General Raymond E. Mason Distinguished Lecture Series on World War II Featured Speaker Alex Kershaw
The Raymond E. Mason, Jr. Distinguished Lecture Series on World War II is made possible through the generosity of Major General and Mrs. Raymond E. Mason, Jr. and the Raymond E. Mason Foundation.

January 7, 2009
Lunchbox Lecture Mush Morton and the Wahoo by John McGuckin
Join the National World War II Museum the first and third Wednesday of every month for our Lunchbox Lecture series.

2009 Travel Tours

Point Du Hoc

Five Star Tours commemorates the 65th anniversary of D-Day

 

Mark your calendars!  We’ve set the dates for our 2009 Victory in Europe Tours. Our tours combine the expertise of local guides, Museum historians, WWII veterans and five-star accommodations to create a memorable, once in lifetime experience. Join us for an incredibly special trip on the 65th Anniversary of the Normandy D-Day invasion. These tours sold out quickly in previous years, so book you spot today!

 

NormandyMay 31 - June 7, 2009 – London / Normandy / Paris

NEW Pre Tour Option – London: May 29 – 31, 2009

 

Battle of the Bulge:  June 7 - 14, 2009 – Paris / Spa / Luxembourg City / Wiesbaden

NEW – Post Tour Option – Dachau & Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest: June 14-16, 2009

 

Normandy: June 3 – 10, 2009 – London / Normandy / Paris

 

Normandy: August 8 -15, 2009 – London / Normandy / Paris

 

Tour highlights include:

 

  • First person accounts of the June 6, 1944, landing on Omaha Beach by veterans
  • Dinner with Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, son of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery
  • A visit to Churchill’s War Cabinet Rooms and The Imperial War Museum
  • First person account from a Battle of the Bulge veteran.
  • A walk along the Elsenborn Ridge
  • The chance to stand next to the infamous “dragon’s teeth”
  • A tour of the Dachau concentration camp complex

 

For more information on Victory in Europe and other Five Star Tours offered by the Museum, call 877-813-3329 x 343 or visit www.nationalww2museum.org/travel.

 

 

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