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"His Finest Hour:" National WWII Museum to Host Winston Churchill Symposium
The National WWII Museum will host its third Churchill Symposium on May 18, featuring talks from four noted historians and authors.
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The Guns at Last Light
The National WWII Museum hosts his official book pre-release event, presented in partnership with 89.9 WWNO-FM, on the 68th anniversary of V-E Day, Wednesday, May 8, 2013.
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Robotics Challenge: Tin Can Do It!
On May 11, The National WWII Museum will host its first Robotics Challenge, an exciting opportunity for middle school students to develop 21st century skills and participate in active problem solving based on real-life scenarios from WWII. This regional student robotics competition will serve as a signature piece of the Museum’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) initiative aimed at encouraging young people to explore opportunities in science and math.
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National WWII Museum Salutes the Fallen: Memorial Day on Andrew Higgins Drive
The public, Museum staff and representatives from all branches of military service will gather at 10:00 a.m. in the Louisiana Memorial Pavilion on Andrew Higgins Drive for day-long observances that include performances by the Marine Corps Band and the Museum’s Victory Belles, a eulogy for a WWII soldier read by a student scholar from New Orleans and a moment of silence in tribute to those killed in action.
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"Saving Italy:" National WWII Museum to Host Best-Selling Historian
The National WWII Museum, in partnership with the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) and 89.9 WWNO-FM, will host a special lecture and book signing for noted writer and historian Robert M. Edsel. The author will discuss the dramatic American effort at the end of World War II to save priceless treasures from the Nazis – the subject of an upcoming major motion picture starring George Clooney and Matt Damon.
Past Events
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The Nazi Murder of the Disabled and the 1945 Hadamar Trial: A Conversation with Patricia Heberer-Rice, PhD, from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
08/26/2020 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PMThis conversation with Patricia Heberer-Rice, PhD, focuses on the Nazi T-4 program for the murder of the disabled and the 1945 trial connected to Hadamar, one of the killing centers.
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"The Ghost Army of World War II: How One Top-Secret Unit Deceived the Enemy with Inflatable Tanks, Sound Effects, and Other Audacious Fakery"
08/20/2020 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PMCurator Larry Decuers takes us on an exploration of the Museum’s current special exhibition with special guests Rick Beyer and Elizabeth Sayles, co-authors of The Ghost Army of World War II: How One Top-Secret Unit Deceived the Enemy with Inflatable Tanks, Sound Effects, and Other Audacious Fakery.
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The Pope of Physics: Enrico Fermi and the Manhattan Project
08/19/2020 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM75 years after the dropping of the two atomic bombs, join us for a conversation with Gino Segrè, PhD, and Bettina Hoerlin, PhD, biographers of one of the most critical scientists involved in the Manhattan Project.
