D-Day Normandy: Operation Overlord Opening Reception
Date and Time
Friday May 30, 2014
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM CDT
May 30, 2014 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Location
National Churchill Museum 501 Westminster Avenue Fulton, MO 65251
Fees/Admission
Free
Contact Information
Kit Freudenberg
573.592.5234
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Description
Join us to celebrate the opening of the newest special exhibit at the National Churchill Museum: D-Day Normandy: Operation Overlord. Special guest Allen Packwood of the Churchill Archives Centre will be in attendance for this special event.
On the night of June 5, 1944, 1,000 ships, the greatest armada ever to set sail, left the British isles, bound for the Coast of Normandy--its mission to liberate Europe. Operation Overlord had begun. For this exhibition, the paintings of three artists have been selected: Mitchell Jamieson, Alexander Russo, and Dwight Shepler. These paintings by the U.S. Navy's combat artists are the visions and images of the greatest amphibious operation ever launched--the Normandy Invasion.
