Vietnam Photo Gallery
A few photos for March 29th, National Vietnam War Veterans Day. Thank you for your service to all Vietnam vets.
A few photos for March 29th, National Vietnam War Veterans Day. Thank you for your service to all Vietnam vets.
Corporal Herbert Blum sent this Purim card (issued by the Jewish Welfare Board) home to his parents in Jersey City. Blum worked for the Army… Read More »CPL Herbert Blum: Hitler as the Modern Haman
Frank Lavin, author of Home Front to Battlefront will join us to discuss the World War II experiences of Carl Lavin. Carl Lavin was a… Read More »April 2nd, 1:00 pm – Frank Lavin – Home Front to Battlefront
Join us at 10:45 am at the Crystal City Marriott at Reagan National Airport for a preview screening of the in-progress documentary True Honor. True Honor presents… Read More »February 18th, 10:45am – True Honor Film Preview
Nazis were masters of propaganda. Much of it was designed to enforce their anti-Jewish ideology. The ideas expressed in the propaganda materials were appalling and… Read More »Nazi Propaganda in the Hands of American Jewish Soldiers
David Salisbury Franks had perhaps the most fascinating career of any Jewish American who fought in the American Revolution. Franks was an associate of Benjamin… Read More »Major David Salisbury Franks and the Founding Fathers in the American Revolution
For those planning services on Veterans Day we offer a prayer for veterans, drafted by National Museum of American Jewish Military Chaplain Michael Bloom: Give thanks… Read More »A Prayer for Veterans Day
Join us at the museum between 1 – 5 pm on November 11th to put together care packages for hospitalized veterans. What to bring: Toiletries… Read More »Support veterans on Veterans Day at the Museum
For Jewish service members at war, High Holiday services provided a respiter. The familiar ceremonies offered a refuge and the connection with the Jewish community in the… Read More »Rosh Hashanah in Charleroi, Belgium, 1944
Douglas Stark is the author of Wartime Baskeball: The Emergence of a National Sport during World War II and The SPHAS: The Life and Times… Read More »Wartime Basketball with Doug Stark – September 18th