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"Time Will Not Dim the Glory of Their Deeds:" The Cemetery at Omaha Beach and the Commemoration of the D-Day War Dead
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.
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Ask a Curator: D-Day Innovations
Senior Curator Tom Czekanski discusses innovations employed by the Axis and the Allies during the Normandy Campaign.
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A Conversation with George Sarros, D-Day Veteran
Join Curator of Oral History Joey Balfour as he discusses the Normandy landings with George Sarros, a Navy veteran who served as a Motor Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class aboard USS LST-515.
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Ask a Curator: D-Day - In Their Own Words
For years, a department of dedicated oral historians at the Museum has been conducting interviews with WWII veterans.
Past Events
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Lunchbox Lecture: The 102nd Cavalry: From Omaha Beach to Paris and Beyond
01/05/2022 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PMThe 102nd Cavalry was a New Jersey Army National Guard unit that was activated and mechanized just prior to America’s entry into World War II.
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The River Seine to the Beaches of Normandy
10/31/2021 - 11/08/2021 | 12:00 AMTake a front-row seat to history in France’s beautiful châteaux and the sophisticated Uniworld S.S. Joie de Vivre featuring authors and historians Keith Lowe, PhD, and Craig Symonds, PhD.
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140 Days to Hiroshima: The Story of Japan's Last Chance to Avert Armageddon
08/06/2021 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PMJoin us for an engaging discussion on the lead up to the dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, 76 years after that historic day, between author David Dean Barrett and the Museum’s Senior Historian Rob Citino, PhD.
