HISTORY June 6, 2000 The National D-Day Museum officially opens with over two-hundred thousand people in attendance. The Museum was found...

Opening on March 4, 2021, SOLDIER | ARTIST: Trench Art in World War II,  the newest special exhibit at The National WWII Museum, explores the military pastime known as “trench art”—the creation of art, souvenirs and tools out of discarded materials and the waste of war.

Military service during World War II and racial integration in the armed forces heightened expectations for social progress.

On August 23, 1945, high-ranking military officials and civilians gathered at the White House to watch President Harry Truman bestow the Medal of Honor among 28 veterans who served with valor during World War II.

May, 8, 1945. Few announcements in modern history have ever been greeted with such joy as the announcement that Germany had surrendered to the Allies, ending World War II in Europe. The iconic images of happy throngs holding up the newspapers of the day found their way into countless scrapbooks and frames. Though Japan remained defiant, the joyous parades and street parties symbolized the relief that the war in Europe had ended.