Friday, May 9, 2008, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Saturday, May 10, 2008, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm and 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Sunday, May 11, 2008, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Booksigning – Theodore “Dutch” VanKirk, navigator on the Enola Gay

Theodore “Dutch” VanKirk, the last surviving crewmember of the Enola Gay, will visit The National World War II Museum to sign copies of the book The Return of the Enola Gay. For more information, contact the Museum’s gift shop at 504-527-6012 x 239.

Friday, May 9, 2008

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm – Win and Cheese

6:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Lecture followed by booksigning

The George P. Shultz Forum on World Affairs

A Tale of Three Cities: How the United States Won World War II a Lecture by Dr. David Kennedy

Join The National World War II Museum on Friday, May 9 at 5:30 pm as historian and Pulitzer Prize winning author Dr. David M. Kennedy presents “A Tale of Three Cities: How the United States Won World War II”. Dr. Kennedy will reveal the three cities in 1942 and 1943 which, together, tell the story of the U.S grand strategy ultimately responsible for the Allied victory. This lecture marks the Second Annual George P. Shultz Forum on World Affairs. For more information, call 877-813-3329 x 331.

Sunday, May 11, 2008

10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Visions from a Foxhole, A Booksigning by William A. Foley Jr.

Eighteen-year-old William Foley arrived at the front lines on January 25, 1945 – just in time to join to join 94th Infantry Division in a bloody attack on Hitler’s West Wall that would leave sixty percent of his battalion dead or wounded. In Visions from a Foxhole, Foley recaptures the desperate, nerve shattering struggle to break through the Siegfried Line. The book is illustrated by Foley’s drawings of his fellow soldiers in battle, sketched from the field. The signing will be accompanied by a small exhibition or Mr. Foley’s original artwork. For more information, call the Museum Store at 504-527-6012 x 244.

All events are free and open to the public.