Commemorate D-Day

Friday, June 6, 2025
2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. CDT

Visitors Center Auditorium

Join us for a screening of the new  Kansas City PBS 'Winning the War' documentary featuring a panel discussion.

Eighty years after the Allied victory, Kansas City PBS examines the enduring legacy of World War II through the lens of Harry S. Truman of Independence, Missouri, and Dwight D. Eisenhower of Abilene, Kansas, whose leadership played decisive roles in ending the war. The film includes interviews with experts and veterans, as well as Eisenhower’s granddaughter and Truman’s grandson. The panel discussion will take a deeper dive into the legacy of Truman and Eisenhower and the impact of their leadership during WWII.

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
• 5:30 p.m. Harp performance, Place of Meditation
• 6:15 p.m. Custodians 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

Saturday, June 14, 2025
2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. CDT
Visitors Center Auditorium

Award-Winning Film Screening with Producer Barney McCoy
Running Towards the Fire: A War Correspondent's Story

Special | 56m 28s

Journalist Robert Reuben was 25 years old working as a Reuters News correspondent witnessing the invasion of Normandy during WWII. Omaha, Nebraska born Robert Reuben was 25 years old and witnessing combat for the first time in his life as a Reuters News correspondent during WWII. He parachuted with the U.S. Airborne during the Normandy invasion. He was the first journalist to land in Normandy.