The National WWII Museum’s live theater venue, the Stage Door Canteen, announces its first-ever package offering for the 2013-2014 season. The new season packages include five great shows for only $250, a $50 savings. All dinner, brunch and matinee packages are available with dining packages by The American Sector.
The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, in partnership with The National WWII Museum, will present a Veterans Day evening concert honoring those who have served in the United States Armed Forces. “Honoring our Heroes,” presented by Morgan Stanley, features the world premiere of “Dreams of the Fallen,” a compelling new composition for piano, chorus and orchestra, by award-winning composer Jake Runestad.
The National WWII Museum today announced that it has received a grant from Wounded Warrior Project, a non-profit veteran service organization whose mission is to honor and empower Wounded Warriors. The $30,000 grant will expand the Museum’s ability to aid injured soldiers’ return to civic life and improve their experience of reentering the job market.
As Veterans Day nears on November 11, The National WWII Museum is reminding Americans to reach out to veterans and say “Thank You for My Freedom” with the institution’s social media campaign centered around the website www.myveteransday.org. There, users can post videos, photos and messages expressing their gratitude to military veterans of all ages.
This Veterans Day, The National WWII Museum debuts its latest immersive exhibit that unfolds on a stationary train modeled after the iconic Pullman sleeper cars of the 1940s, allowing guests to experience the sights, sounds and emotions of going off to war. The Train Car Experience is housed in the Museum’s Louisiana Memorial Pavilion and re-creates the wartime departures of America’s service men and women, who embarked on journeys that would change their lives.
Four unlikely heroes crossed paths in October 1918, as American doughboys fought for survival in France's Argonne Forest during World War I.
Join James Linn, curator of Ghost Army: The Combat Con Artists of World War II, as he explores the Museum’s latest special exhibit.
By flipping the pages of a high school yearbook from the 1940s, students today can catch a glimpse of what their counterparts were doing on the Home Front and how the war impacted their daily lives, especially for those preparing to graduate.