An annual Memorial Day weekend tradition, this stirring concert will have guests on their feet celebrating freedom and honoring those who gave all to secure it. Featuring the Jefferson Choral Society and new for 2025 - jazz vocalist Tina Hashemi and her band will open the show. Get your tickets online now. Please bring your own chair. No food in plaza. No pets (service animals welcome). Jefferson Choral Society The Jefferson Choral Society (JCS) is the longest-performing and largest volunteer adult choir in Central Virginia, providing the greater Lynchburg area with a variety of performances including choral masterworks, as well...

Save the date for our 2025 World War II Day Camp! Registration opens spring 2025.  

No Excuse Night is held annually during the national Spirit of ’45 weekend to commemorate the end of World War II. Never been to the Memorial? Haven’t been in a while? There’s no excuse not to visit during this free, extended-hours event! Docents will be stationed throughout the Memorial to share information with guests. No tickets or registration required. Rain or shine. Memorial site will be cleared in the event of a thunderstorm.

Each September the Memorial marks the official end of World War II with the Poppy Peace Garden. To pay remembrance, red poppies are placed alongside the Le Monument Aux Morts sculpture as a visual tribute to the men and women who gave their all to preserve the freedoms we enjoy today. The garden also commemorates the 9/11 anniversary and the first responders who sacrificed their lives for the safety of others. The display can be viewed during daily operating hours, 10AM - 5PM. Regular admission fees apply. Poppies may be purchased in honor or memory of veterans, active service members,...