The National WWII Museum marks the next phase of its $300 million expansion at a special morning ceremony March 22 when the uppermost piece of steel framework is installed on the US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center.
Last month, the Museum welcomed a total of 44,807 visitors, the most ever in a one-month period, and over 1,000 more than its previous record month, March 2010.
The National WWI Museum's newest exhibit, "Turning Point: The Doolittle Raid, Battle of the Coral Sea, and Battle of Midway," opens April 18, 2012 and will be on display until July 8, 2012.
As part of a unique partnership with The Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Contest, The National WWII Museum today announced it will host a “Salute to Freedom” contest awarding one student from each of the 50 states with an all-expense-paid trip to New Orleans.
The National WWII Museum in New Orleans marks a milestone by welcoming its three-millionth visitor.
Freedom tells the story of a Holocaust survivor and an Irish immigrant who meet hours before their American naturalization ceremony. Freedom looks at the ways we yearn for freedom—the freedom to face the truth about ourselves with grace, acceptance, and forgiveness.
Freedom tells the story of a Holocaust survivor and an Irish immigrant who meet hours before their American naturalization ceremony. Freedom looks at the ways we yearn for freedom—the freedom to face the truth about ourselves with grace, acceptance, and forgiveness.
Join Rusty Nix, Communications Manager of the former Virginia WWI and WWII Commemoration Commission, as he dives into the weirder and wilder side of the war you THOUGHT you knew and discusses some of the most incredible and bizarre stories of World War II.