D-Day Commemoration Event

Join us Saturday, June 8th, from 10 am to 3 pm, as we commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day landings along the Normandy coast during World War II.  Bring the whole family and enjoy an exciting day of presentations and activities planned by our education team – and a Warbird flight demonstration! Best of all, it’s all included in your Museum Admission!

Schedule:

10:30 am – 10:50 am | Paratroopers Pack Presentation

11:00 am – 11:45 am | Presentation on the 101^st Airborne Division

12:00 – 12:45 pm | Presentation on the 82^nd Airborne Division

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Summer of Flight Warbird Demonstration

2:30 pm – 2:50 pm | Paratroopers Pack Presentation

Activities:

• Paratroopers Pack Presentation
  • Learn how a D-Day Paratrooper packed their kit.
• Build your own Paratrooper
  • Build your parachute and paratrooper – and see if you can land them in the drop zone!
• Friend or Foe?
  • Can you identify Allied and Axis aircraft in the heat of the battle?
• Code Talkers Activity
  • Learn about the American Indians who used their native language to send coded messages in battle.
• Flash and Thunder Obstacle Course
  • “Bombs” on the ground – kids are blind-folded and try to get through the maze using ‘flash & thunder’ and tin crickets.
• Invasion Stripe Activity
  • Kids will color invasion stripes on wooden gliders.
  • Sign talking about Invasion stripes & “’G’ for Guts.”
  • Glider will be parked on the ramp for kids to see invasion stripes.
• Modeler Club
  • Will display models of planes and ships that were involved in D-Day.