Discount Admission
Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025 | 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Scout Day 2025

The worldwide scouting movement began in the years leading up to the Great War. On Scout Day at the Museum and Memorial, Scouts and Scout Leaders receive $5 admission.

Living History
Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025 | 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

(CANCELED) Day in the Life: Basic Training

From drill to first aid to cooking with what the army gave you, the Living History Volunteers will teach you the lessons that soldiers and civilians needed to know in basic training.

High School World History Inquiry

Why does the root of a conflict matter?

With this Inquiry, students will build an argument to answer the compelling question, “Why does the root of a conflict matter?” Across three supporting questions, students will investigate a wide...

Christmas Truce: Crafting a Reader’s Theater

Through a mixture of historical analysis, critical media literacy skills, and creativity, students will discover how soldiers at war could find camaraderie across a battlefield. Students will use a...
Ceremony
Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024 | 11 a.m.

Wreaths Across America 2024

Along with concurrent ceremonies across the nation, Wreaths Across America volunteers will lay wreaths on Memorial Courtyard to remember the fallen and honor those who serve.

Film Screening
Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024 | 11 a.m.

Film Screening: "Joyeux Noël"

It’s our annual holiday screening of the 2005 Oscar-nominated film “Joyeux Noël,” the story of the 1914 Christmas Truce between opposing soldiers on the Western Front.

Living History
Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024 | 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Day in the Life: The Holidays in WWI

The Living History Volunteer Corps are onsite to share stories of how WWI soldiers and their families celebrated the winter holidays. Bring your curiosity and questions!

Presentation
Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024 | 6:30 p.m. Central

Life After War: Sgt. York’s Pall Mall Paradise

Upon returning to the U.S., WWI hero Sgt. Alvin York was gifted a farm in Tennessee, where he lived until his death. Explore his home with Tennessee State Historic Park staff.

Reading and crafts
Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024 | 10:30 a.m.

Children’s Story Time: The Perfect Christmas Tree

A family-friendly craft activity and storybook reading for all: when Ruthie’s father leaves to fight in WWI, she and her mother wonder how to continue the town’s holiday tradition of having the perfect Christmas tree.