The Museum of Science teams up with the National WWII Museum for this joint broadcast! Explore the stars that shined down on the English Channel on D-Day, learn some basic celestial navigation, and find out how to make a decorative constellation lantern!
Skies over D-Day
Join us for a virtual planetarium show in partnership with the Boston Museum of Science to see the night sky as they saw it on June 6, 1944, on the beaches of France.
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Travel Webinar: Japan and Okinawa with Jonathan Parshall
Join The National WWII Museum's Educational Travel Team and Historian William I. Hitchcock as they explore the highlights of this upcoming journey through Normandy and into the heart of Paris.
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Travel Webinar: Victory in Europe: The End of the War on the Elbe with Dr. Alexandra Richie
Watch as The National WWII Museum's Educational Travel Team and Historian Alexandra Richie discuss the Museum's newest tour.
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What They Fought Against: Scars of the Nazi War Machine Webinar with Dr. Alexandra Richie
Watch as The National WWII Museum's Educational Travel Team and Historian Alexandra Richie discuss the Megastructures: Forced Labor and Massive Works in the Third Reich tour.
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Why Did "Kristallnacht" Happen? Teaching the History of European Antisemitism
Learn about Kristallnacht or the “Night of Broken Glass” and how the history of European antisemitism helped lead to this event.
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"Taking Flight: The Nadine Ramsey Story"
Join us for a webinar concluding our Women’s History Month programming discussing a pioneer in American aviation.
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A Place of Our Own: Mexican American Veterans in the Post-War Southwest
World War II was a watershed moment for Mexican Americans and their quest for equality—during the war, Mexican Americans served in the military and worked on the Home Front to support their country, and therefore, when it ended, were no longer willing to accept second-class citizenship.
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Lunchbox Lecture: Remembering Pearl Harbor: Native Hawaiian History and a "Day That Will Live in Infamy"
This lecture rethinks the attack on Pearl Harbor from the perspective of Native Hawaiian history.
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World War II Unknowns: A Roundtable Discussion Commemorating the Centennial of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
2021 marks the centennial of the creation of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.
