Bobbie G. Johnson Pavilion National D-Day Memorial

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3 Overlord Circle
Bedford, VA 24523 United States Get Directions
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Event Series Lunchbox Lecture Series

Lunchbox Lecture: The Secret Diary of Marvin Doyle with Michelle Wright

National D-Day Memorial 3 Overlord Circle, Bedford, VA, United States +2 more

Pittsburgh television anchor Michelle Wright will speak on her book The Secret Diary, the true story of an American aviator’s POW experience in Europe. After his B-24 was shot down in 1944, Marvin Doyle (a pre-war resident of Roanoke, VA and a student at Virginia Tech) endured months of captivity and documented his experiences by keeping a journal on flattened cigarette packs. Wright would inherit this makeshift diary from Doyle’s widow, and collected his writings in her book, copies of which she will sign after her talk. About the speaker: Michelle Wright anchors Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 every weekday morning. A native...

Free
Event Series Distinguished Speakers Series

Distinguished Speakers Series with Frank A. Blazich Jr., PhD

National D-Day Memorial 3 Overlord Circle, Bedford, VA, United States +1 more

As part of our mission to educate, inform, and pay tribute, the National D-Day Memorial is pleased to debut the Distinguished Speaker Series in 2024. This occasional series presents fascinating evening lectures by leading experts on the Second World War, discussing untold aspects of history in challenging ways. The Distinguished Speakers Series appeals to the diehard WWII buff and the novice alike, always illuminating the greatest conflict in human history, which continues to shape our present in profound ways. Join us for the inaugural Distinguished Speaker Series lecture with Frank A. Blazich Jr., PhD—Curator of Military History, Division of Military...

$10 – $20

Someone Talked! LIVE Podcast

Bobbie G. Johnson Pavilion National D-Day Memorial 3 Overlord Circle, Bedford, VA, United States

  Hosts John C. McManus and co-hosts April Cheek-Messier and John Long will lead a discussion about the Memorial's past, present, and future. Audience members will have the opportunity to ask questions in this interactive podcast to be broadcast live on the Grove Street FM app and recorded for release on June 7 on all major podcast platforms. Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial. Released semi-monthly, a full slate of esteemed authors and historians give fresh, cutting-edge perspectives on World War II and modern military history. Scan or click to subscribe!

Free

Lunchbox Lecture: British Normandy Memorial with Liam O’Connor

Bobbie G. Johnson Pavilion National D-Day Memorial 3 Overlord Circle, Bedford, VA, United States

More than 75 years after the D-Day landings, there is finally a British Normandy Memorial. Commemorating 22,442 servicemembers who lost their lives serving under British command on D-Day and in the battle of Normandy, the memorial takes its place just a few miles east of the American Memorial at Omaha Beach. It overlooks the Normandy coastline where the D-Day landings took place at the beach codenamed Gold Beach. Liam O’Connor, architect of the British Normandy Memorial, will talk about its design, inspiration, and significance. O’Connor has an international reputation for high quality buildings and landscapes in a contemporary classical idiom. He...

Free