The National WWII Museum, Museum Store, Solomon Victory Theater, US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center, BB's Stage Door Canteen, Kushner Restoration Pavilion, The American Sector Restaurant + Bar, and The Soda Shop will all be closed. All venues will reopen for regular hours on Wednesday, March 1, 2017.

The Four Chaplains: A Story of Heroism, Sacrifice, and Remembrance

5:00 p.m. Reception  |  6:00 p.m. Presentation

On February 3, 1943, the SS Dorchester—a US Army transport—was making its way in a convoy from the United States to a command base in southern Greenland. En route, she was struck by torpedo fire from a German U-boat, and sank within 20 minutes.

Four chaplains were on board the Dorchester—George L. Fox, a Methodist minister; Rabbi Alexander D. Good; Catholic priest Reverend John P. Washington; and the Reverend Clark V. Poling, a Reformed Church in America minister. As panic set in among soldiers aboard the sinking ship, the chaplains guided men to safety through darkened ship corridors, then gave up their life vests to those who had none. After helping as many men as possible into lifeboats, the four men were seen linking arms, singing and praying. They went down with the ship and were among nearly 700 who perished.

Join us as Captain Louis Cavaliere, chairman of The Four Chaplains Memorial Foundation, shares their story and the efforts to preserve their memory.

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Robert Child presents The Lost Eleven: The Forgotten Story

6:00 p.m. Presentation  |  7:00 p.m. Book Signing

Presented in partnership with The Amistad Research Center at Tulane University

During the Battle of the Bulge, Nazis massacred 11 brave African American soldiers in the village of Wereth, Belgium. Although they sacrificed their lives during a time when they weren’t treated equally because of the color of their skin—even on American soil—this heroic story was left out of history books. It took 70 years for Congress to recognize the valor and bravery of these 11 men. Coauthor Robert Child tells the individual stories of these artillerymen, the Belgian family that took them in, and the boy who couldn’t forget the courageous men who died in the field. A book signing will follow the presentation.

Kara Tucina Olidge, PhD—executive director of the Amistad Research Center at Tulane—will introduce the program.

For more information call 504-528-1944 x 229.

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Order The Lost Eleven: The Forgotten Story of Black American Soldiers Brutally Massacred in World War II today and we'll have it waiting for you at the event; just enter promo code "PICKUP" on the shopping-cart screen. If you cannot attend the event, preorder today and an autographed copy of the book will ship out after the event, no later than Thursday, February 8.