Past Programs
and
,
and
,
,
,
and
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
112
75th Anniversary of D-Day: Forgotten Voices, Forgotten Objects
May 13, 2019
Location
Smithsonian American Art Museum/National Portrait Gallery
Organized by
Todd A. Kinser,
Smithsonian Exhibits
Michelle Delaney,
Assistant Director, History and Culture,
National Museum of American Indian
Introduction
Michelle Delaney,
Assistant Director, History and Culture,
National Museum of American Indian
Todd A. Kinser,
Smithsonian Exhibits
Welcome
Susan Ades,
Director,
Smithsonian Exhibits
Speakers
Krewasky A. Salter,
Retired U.S. Army Colonel, PhD, Guest Associate Curator and Advisor,
National Museum of African American History and Culture
African Americans, D-Day and World War II
Rebecca Head Trautmann,
Curator and Researcher, Contemporary Art,
National Museum of American Indian
Herman J. Viola,
PhD, Curator Emeritus,
National Museum of American Indian
National Native American Veterans Memorial
Kate Clarke Lemay,
PhD, Historian,
National Portrait Gallery
Gratitude, Trauma, and Repression: D-Day in French and American Collective Memory
Frank Blazich, Jr.,
PhD, Lead Curator, Military History,
National Museum of American History
The Magic Boxes of D-Day: How One Humble Invention Helped Make Operation Neptune Possible
Laura L. Oviedo,
SI Fellow, Division of Political and Military History and a PhD candidate, 21st Century American History,
Texas A&M University
Belonging in War and Nation: Latina/os and World War II
Jeremy R. Kinney,
PhD, Curator of World War II American Military Aviation Collection,
National Air and Space Museum
Flak-Bait: A Story of Survival from World War II
Gregory Elder,
Chief Historian, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and Content Manager,
DIA Museum
Intelligence Support for Operation OVERLORD
Megan Harris,
Senior Reference Specialist, Veterans History Project (VHP) of the American Folklife Center,
Library of Congress
I Hardly Know Where to Start: Personal Narratives of D-Day within Veterans History Project Collections, Library of Congress
Shannon Thomas Perich,
Curator of the Photographic History Collection,
National Museum of American History
Exploring Robert Capa’s Iconic D-Day Photographs