Press Release
BOATS OF WOOD: MEN OF STEEL
NEW ORLEANS (March 28, 2007) – In an era when most combat boats and ships were made of steel, wooden combat vessels represented something...
Join us for a roundtable discussion on the significance of D-Day and its legacy.
Ben Brands, a historian with the American Battle Monuments Commission, will discuss the initial establishment of the cemetery at Omaha Beach, which occurred in the days immediately following D-Day.
A century ago, leaders of the victorious powers in the First World War tried to convert battlefield success into a lasting peace.