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The National WWII Museum tells the story of the American experience in the war that changed the world—why it was fought, how it was won, and what it means today—so that all generations will understand the price of freedom and be inspired by what they learn.
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Looking into the Mirror: International Holocaust Remembrance Day
It’s a day for the international community and men and women of good will everywhere to call to mind the six million Jews and all the other victims killed by Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich.
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“AND THEN THEY CAME FOR ME…”
As the world confronted the devastation left at the end of World War II, people everywhere struggled to comprehend the scale of bloodshed caused by the ideology of the Nazi Party.
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Medal of Honor Recipient Audie Murphy Single-handedly Stopped a German Attack
From Murphy’s exposed position on top of the burning tank, he killed over 20 German soldiers and repelled their attack 75 years ago.
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David Montgomery - Mourning a Friend of the Museum
David Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, and son of Field Marshal Bernard "Monty" Montgomery (1928-2020)
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Kampfgruppe Peiper at Stoumont: Drawing the Noose Part One
An incredibly thick blanket of fog hung low over Stoumont and the Amblève valley on the morning of December 19. But even through the fog, American observers on the outskirts of Stoumont could see that a sizable attack was about to commence.
Beyond All Boundaries
See the incredible 4D cinematic experience narrated by Executive Producer Tom Hanks.
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"Elvis: Through the Years"
Spencer Racca is back at BB’s Stage Door Canteen with a new look!
"Minor Accident of War" Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Join us for a screening of a 15-minute long animated film Minor Accident of War, based on a poem by writer and poet Edward Field.
Yalta at 75: From World War to Cold War Symposium
Join leading scholars for a daylong discussion about the Yalta Conference—from the run-up to the conference, the proceedings themselves, to the legacies of Yalta for the postwar world, for the Cold War, and for our own day.
Meet the Author: Mary M. Lane
Writer and journalist Mary M. Lane presents her recent book Hitler's Last Hostages: Looted Art and the Soul of the Third Reich at the Museum. In 2013, the German government confiscated roughly 1,300 works of art from the apartment of Cornelius Gurlitt, the reclusive son of one of Hitler’s primary art dealers, a discovery kept secret by the government for two years. Lane reveals the fate of those works and tells the definitive story of art in the Third Reich and Germany’s ongoing struggle to right the wrongs of the past.
Featured Programs
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Behind the Lines
Step inside the Museum vault and climb into a B-24 Liberator—it’s all part of Behind the Lines, the exclusive VIP tour of The National WWII Museum.
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PT-305 Rides
The only fully restored, combat-veteran PT boat is back in its home waters of Lake Pontchartrain, offering a trip into history found nowhere else.
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Lunchbox Lectures
Delivered by local and national scholars, these hour-long lectures are presented once a month on Wednesdays at noon.
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