The Memorial Day program shows Japanese American veterans of the Second World War II.

Press release

The Museum of Flight Honors Memorial Day on May 24th with a concert of patriotic music and a special program that focuses on the experience of Japanese Americans during the Second World War. The Boeing employee concert band will appear an hour at 11 a.m. and at 2 p.m. Nisei Veterans Committee (NVC) in Seattle Will bring history to life by sharing stories about resilience, victims and courage for those who served in the US military during the war, and those who did not do so. Many of the stories developed in the northwest of the Pacific and over the west coast.

Japanese Americans in World War II – a legacy of bravery

From the unjust internment from thousands of Japanese American citizens to heroism of all-Japanese American Army units, which fought with unprecedented engagement, this era left a lasting advantage in American history. This moving and revealing program tells personal stories to show how these events have shaped cultural and social legacies that remain deeply relevant today.

Free entry for active military through the Blue Star Museum program

The Flight Museum is part of the Blue Star Museum Program, a program that currently offers the currently military staff and their families (up to five family members) this summer from the day of the armed forces from May 17th to the day of the laboratory day from September 1 (up to five family members).

This Free Admission Program for Blue Star Museum is available for those currently serve at the United States military – Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine and Space Force, members of the reserves, National Guard, Corps of US Health, Corps, Corps in NOAA – and up to five family members. Qualified members must show a Geneva Convention for Common Access Map (CAC), DD Form 1173 ID card (dependent ID), DD-Form 1173-1 ID card or the ID card (Uniformed Services (Next Generation Uniformed Services)) for access to a participating Blue Star Museum.

Blue Star Museum is a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and Blue Star families, in cooperation with the Ministry of Defense and participating museums across America. A list of participating museums can be found in Art.gov/bluestarmuseum.

The non-profit, non-profit flight museum, founded in 1965, is one of the largest air and space museums in the world and serves over 600,000 visitors annually. The museum's collection comprises more than 160 historically significant planes and space vehicles, from the first fighter plane (1914) to today's Dreamliner from 787. The attractions on the 23 hectare 5-hectare 5 building campus of Seattle include the original Boeing Company Factory, the NASA Space Shuttle coach, the Air Force One Concorde, Lockheed Blackbird and Apollo Moon Rockets. In addition to the Seattle campus in addition to King County's international airport, the museum also has its 3 hectare recovery center and a reserve collection in Paine Field in Everett (currently not accessible to the public).

With a basis in aviation history, the museum is also a center of news and dialogue with managers in the emerging area of ​​private space flight companies. The museum's aviation and space library and archives of the museum are the largest on the west coast. More than 150,000 people are served annually by the museum's educational programs on site and for public relations. The flight museum is accredited by the American Association of Museums and a subsidiary of the Smithsonian Institution.