Symphony at Sunset Annual D-Day Commemoration Concert
Saturday, June 7, 2025
(Rain date: Sunday, June 8)
Commemorate D-Day at this meaningful outdoor concert held on our beautiful campus grounds. This annual concert is held the first Saturday in June in partnership with the Salina Symphony and Eisenhower Foundation. Plus, free museum admission all day!
- 4:00 p.m. Activities & Food Vendors
- 5:30 p.m. The Blades Concert
- 6:15 p.m. Guardians of Omaha Beach Flag Ceremony
- 6:30 p.m. Mounted Color Guard Demonstration
- 7:00 p.m. 1st Infantry Division Band Concert
- 8:00 p.m. Mounted Color Guard Demonstration
- 8:30 p.m. Salina Symphony Concert featuring guest artist Samantha Rose Williams, mezzo-soprano
Things to know:
- Bring your lawn chair
- Free museum admission
- RAIN DATE: Sunday, June 8
Presenting sponsors:
- Community Foundation of Dickinson County
- Marshall Motors
- Friends of the Eisenhower Foundation
Stars & Stripes sponsors:
- Kansas Gas Service
Now accepting food vendor applications!
Contact us for application details.
WWII Emerging Scholars Symposium
The Eisenhower, Roosevelt, and Truman Presidential Libraries host an annual emerging scholars symposium to commemorate D-Day. This virtual symposium focuses on specialized topics related to the Allied effort during World War II. Each program wraps up with a Scholar Spotlight where we get to know a little bit more about each of these up and coming scholars.
2025: A Salute to Veterans
Week of June 2
Following WWII, many veterans sought a smooth transition to home life. For some of these veterans, they soon found themselves to be unwelcomed, discarded, and forgotten. As a result, organizations like AMVETS and other advocacy groups were established. This year’s scholars are encouraged to examine lesser-known veteran demographics, fraternal orders, military clubs, and activities created from these shared experiences. These topics can range from groups such as Atomic Veterans to the informal brotherhoods and sisterhoods of marginalized servicemen and women.
This virtual symposium focuses on specialized topics related to the Allied effort during World War II. Each presentation is approximately 40 minutes and the program wraps up with a Scholar Spotlight where we get to know a little bit more about each of these up and coming scholars. Submission packets should include the presentation abstract, applicant contact information, education status and academic goals summary. Email submission packets to andrea.murphy@nara.gov with the subject line D‑Day Symposium no later than April 27, 2025. Selected participants will be notified by May 9 and will receive a modest honorarium.
Teaching the 80th Anniversary of D-Day with Primary Sources
Eisenhower's Order of the Day
June 6, 1944
INVASION OF NORMANDY, FRANCE
EL-MP16-400
General Eisenhower's V-E Day Statement
More D-Day Resources
D-Day 75th Anniversary
- WWII Veteran Louis Graziano
- FDR at War with Nigel Hamilton
- Omaha Beach with Adrian Lewis
- WWII Veterans Panel
- War on Silent Wings with Dennis Okerstrom
- D-DAY75 Remembrance Ceremony
- Symphony at Sunset 2019 Recap