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Previous Events Include:
May 16, 2025 NPR’s With Good Reason
DeFonzo returns to NPR’s award-winning “With Good Reason” hosted by Sarah McConnell about the veteran experience surrounding her nonfiction narrative The Time Left Between Us.
Join us live or streaming.
January 22-24, 2025 80th Anniversary Ceremony, Battle of the Bulge
Honoring the Heroes of the Battle of the Bulge – 80 Years Later. We take a moment to reflect on the sacrifices made for the peace and freedom we enjoy today. We were honored to stand with four incredible veterans — Andy Valero, Ben Berry, David Bailey, Joe Landry — all over 100 years old, meaning 400 years of wisdom! Their courage and sacrifices will never be forgotten. Belgium and Luxembourg will always be grateful for their service. Chargée d’Affaires Sophie Karlshausen joined Members of Congress, Ambassador Nicole Bintner-Bakshian of Luxembourg, military representatives, Veterans, and the Battle of the Bulge Association to lay wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery in honor of all who served and gave their lives during this battle.
June 5, 2024 2-5pm, 80th Anniversary of D-Day
Normandy Victory Museum, Carentan, FR
During the D-Day Festival Normandy, visitors will enjoy a popular programme of festive and cultural events to mark the anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy on 6 June 1944. Book signing and reading with Andy Biggs, author of The Rifle.
June 6, 2024 12pm 80th Anniversary of D-Day Commemoration Ceremony
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
The 80th Anniversary the D-Day Landings and the Battle of Normandy. Normandy, France honours the memory of these events and the men and women who came from all over the world to liberate us. D-Day Landing Beaches area invite you to celebrate freedom! During the D-Day Festival Normandy, visitors will enjoy a popular programme of festive and cultural events to mark the anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy on 6 June 1944.
July 18, 2024, 12-1pm Normandy and Beyond: The Fight for Freedom
Virginia War Memorial, Richmond, Virginia
Eighty years have passed since the Allies landed on the beaches of Normandy in the greatest amphibious assault in the history of modern warfare. Join us for a three-day look at World War II and the liberation of Europe. Experience the newest gallery at the Virginia War Memorial, “D-Day + 80,” and its focus on the voices of those who were in France during the summer of 1944. Acquire resources for lessons from material that has never been published. Enjoy a charter bus trip to the D-Day Memorial in Bedford as part of this institute.