Americans Came to Liberate, not Conquer:
American Soldiers/ Holocaust Survivors Reunion
Hudson Falls High School, Hudson Falls, New York
September 22-26, 2009
2010 will mark the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II, and the recent D-Day remembrance ceremonies in Normandy, France, marked the beginning of the commemoration of the liberation of Europe. The signature phrase [...]
Archive for June, 2009
American Soldiers/Holocaust Survivors Reunion-Sept. 22-26, 2009
Posted in Uncategorized on June 27, 2009 | 5 Comments »
In Valor, There is Hope.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on June 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I think it is a given that the tragic loss of security guard Stephen Johns on Wednesday will serve to strengthen our commitments, as United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Teacher Fellows, to persevere all the more in our missions.
Here is a post from Pollster.com’s Mark Blumenthal, which sums up how we feel about the Museum staff as [...]
D-Day, Sixty-Five Years On.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 30th Infantry Division, 743rd Tank Battalion, Bergen Belsen, Bergen Belsen Memorial, Buster Simmons, concentration camps, D-Day, education, Farsleben, Hillersleben, history, history education, Holocaust, Holocaust survivor-liberator reunion, Holocaust Survivors, Liberators, narrative history, Normandy, Omaha Beach, oral history, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, World War II, World War II Living History Project on June 6, 2009 | 28 Comments »
I came into school today, on a Saturday, to start packing up my room for a move to another room.
But it is the 6th of June.
Instead I am getting nothing done, mesmerized by the scenes, live from Normandy, of the 65th anniversary celebration.
The President is there and so are 250 American veterans of the battle for Normandy, [...]
