NORMANDY ACADEMY —
D-Day: Stories of Service and Sacrifice
July 8 – 21, 2013
Normandy Academy— D-Day: Stories of Service and Sacrifice is a program designed in collaboration between The National WWII Museum and National History Day. It is an opportunity for students grades 10 – 12 to prepare for college while developing valuable research skills and an appreciation for the service and sacrifices of Americans in World War II.
More than just a trip to France, students will spend four months preparing for their journey. All participants will complete required reading related to the D-Day invasion and an extensive research project designed to honor a soldier who made the ultimate sacrifice at Normandy. Research Mentors will guide your student through this process — which includes access to documents, artifacts and oral histories from the extensive collection of The National WWII Museum.
Students will visit the Museum in New Orleans for a hands-on, behind-the-scenes experience before traveling to France to pay tribute to their soldier in the American Cemetery at Normandy.
Normandy Academy will take your student from the pages of history books, to the sites where heroes were made, and ultimately, to the place where those heroes rest.
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Itinerary in Brief
Day 1 Monday, July 8, 2013
Arrive in New Orleans | Welcome Dinner at The National WWII Museum | Presentation by Best-selling Author, Alex Kershaw
New Orleans Hotel • Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 2 Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Program Orientation | A Conversation with a WWII Vet | Research in the Museum's Archives
New Orleans Hotel • Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 3 Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Guided Tour of Museum Galleries | Viewing of Beyond All Boundaries | Behind the Lines Tour of Museum Collections | Riverboat Cruise and Dinner
New Orleans Hotel • Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 4 Thursday, July 11, 2013
Travel Day — Fly from New Orleans to Paris, France
Day 5 Friday, July 12, 2013
Drive to Bayeux, Normandy | Check into Hotel | Orientation | Welcome Reception at University of Caen
Bayeux Hotel • Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 6 Saturday, July 13, 2013
Pegasus Bridge Site | Artificial Mulberry Harbor | Longues-sur-Mer Gun Battery | British Cemetery
Bayeux Hotel • Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 7 Sunday, July 14, 2013
Sainte Mere Eglise | US Airborne Sites | Utah Beach | Utah Beach Museum
Bayeux Hotel • Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 8 Monday, July 15, 2013
Cultural Exchange with French Students | Explore Hedgerows in the Bocage Country | Hear Stories of French Civilians on D-Day
Bayeux Hotel • Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 9 Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Pointe du Hoc | Omaha Beach Sites | German Beach Defenses | American Cemetery Visitor Center
Bayeux Hotel • Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 10 Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Memorial de Caen | Lunch with Memorial Staff Members | University of Caen Visit
Bayeux Hotel • Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 11 Thursday, July 18, 2013
American Cemetery | Individual Eulogies Presented | Drive to Paris
Paris Hotel • Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 12 Friday, July 19, 2013
Tuileries Garden | Arc de Triomphe | Eiffel Tower | Les Invalides/Napoleon's Tomb
Paris Hotel • Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 13 Saturday, July 20, 2013
Notre Dame Cathedral | Louvre | Farewell Dinner at the American Club
Paris Hotel • Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 14 Sunday, July 21, 2013
Travel Day — Return to US and Home via Atlanta, GA
