Franceska Macsali Urbin

National Park Service 

at (845) 229-6225

The Franklin D. Roosevelt 

Presidential Library and Museum  and 

the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt 

National Historic Site

will commemorate the 75th anniversary 

of the D-Day invasion

with public programs 

and free evening admission

to the Library's new special exhibition

"D-Day: FDR and Churchill's 'Mighty Endeavor'"

Thursday, June 6, 2019

To register visit www.fdrlibrary.org  

HYDE PARK, NY -- The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum and the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site will commemorate the  75th anniversary of the June 6, 1944 D-Day invasion with public programs -- at 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. -- and free evening admission (for program attendees) to the Library's new special exhibition "D-Day: FDR and Churchill's 'Mighty Endeavor'" on Thursday, June 6, 2019.  To register visit www.fdrlibrary.org.

"The Changing Memory and Symbolism of D-Day"

with National Park Service Ranger Michael Zwelling

June 6 at 4:00 p.m., Henry A. Wallace Center

D-Day carries with it a series of ideas and emotions from being remembered as a vital part of victory in Europe to a legacy of death and destruction among the liberated. How D-Day is recalled among Americans, British, French, Germans, and Russians -- among others -- differs greatly. Each country has its national memory, but even that memory has changed over the past 75 years. Join National Park Service Ranger Michael Zwelling as he explores those changes in memory and memorial during this 90 minute program. The audience will have opportunities to share as well.  Visit www.fdrlibrary.org or CLICK HERE to register.

ADVOCATING OVERLORD: 

THE D-DAY STRATEGY AND THE ATOMIC BOMB

an author talk and book signing with Philip Padgett

June 6 at 7:00 p.m., Henry A. Wallace Center

While many view D-Day as one of the most successful operations of World War II, most aren't aware of the intensive year of planning and political tension between the Allies that preceded the amphibious military landing on June 6, 1944. ADVOCATING OVERLORD reveals how President Franklin D. Roosevelt, while on a fishing trip in the middle of World War II, altered his attitude toward Winston Churchill and became an advocate for Operation Overlord.

Philip Padgett challenges the known narrative of this watershed moment in history and illuminates the diplomatic link between Normandy and the atomic bomb. He shows how the Allies came to agree on a liberation strategy that began with D-Day -- and the difficult forging of British and American scientific cooperation that produced the atomic bomb. At its core this story is about how a new generation of leaders found the courage to step beyond national biases in a truly allied endeavor to carry out one of history's most successful military operations.  Visit www.fdrlibrary.org or CLICK HERE to register.

SPECIAL EXHIBITION: 

"D-Day: FDR and Churchill's 'Mighty Endeavor'"

Program attendees on June 6 will receive free admission to the Roosevelt Library's new major special exhibition, "D-Day: FDR and Churchill's Mighty Endeavor." The exhibition will be available from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m., and again from 8:30 to 10:00 p.m. The exhibit marks the 75th anniversary of the Allies' greatest military achievement, the June 6, 1944 invasion of Normandy. Code-named Operation OVERLORD it sealed the fate of Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime. This exhibit explores a friendship between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill -- often called the most important of the twentieth century. Forged amid the most devastating war in human history, it has attained an almost mythic status. The complexity of their "special relationship" is revealed in the top-secret communications that flowed back and forth across the Atlantic as they debated and decided on the greatest amphibious assault in the annals of war.  Visit www.fdrlibrary.org for more information about the exhibition.

Contact Cliff Laube, at the Roosevelt Library, at (845) 486-7745 or Franceska Macsali Urbin, with the National Park Service, at (845) 229-6225, with questions.

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum

Designed by Franklin Roosevelt and dedicated on June 30, 1941, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum is the nation's first presidential library and the only one used by a sitting president. Administered by the National Archives and Records Administration since 1941, the Library preserves and makes accessible to the American people the records of FDR's presidency. The Roosevelt Library's mission is to foster a deeper understanding of the lives and times of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and their continuing impact on contemporary life. This work is carried out through the Library's archives and research room, museum collections and exhibitions, innovative educational programs, and engaging public programming. For more information about the Library or its programs call (800) 337-8474 or visit  www.fdrlibrary.org.

The National Park Service administers the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Sites in Hyde Park, New York. Visitors to the sites can enjoy guided tours of the historic buildings, beautiful gardens, lush green lawns, and miles of hiking trails. Special park events are offered throughout the year, and kids can participate in free junior ranger programs. For more information visit  www.nps.gov/hofr.