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Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day 2019
Join us on Saturday, September 21 as we join museums across the country to celebrate museum day. Smithsonian Magazine will be offering free admission tickets to Battleship Memorial Park as part of Museum Day 2019. Tickets will be available from the Smithsonian Magazine website. More information and their website link will come. Tickets will be valid for September 21 only. Stay tuned -
Find out more »Living History Crew Drill
Come see history come alive! Join us as our WWII historical reactors board the battleship USS ALABAMA and submarine USS DRUM. Learn what life was like on these naval vessels during wartime. Be on the deck of the USS ALABAMA at 1 pm for the “call to battle stations” as vintage airplanes dive bomb the ship. Watch the men defend the Lucky A with guns blazing! Authentic WWII airplanes, L-Birds, will hold a fly-in on the field and conduct aerial…
Find out more »Toys for Tots Motorcycle Ride
Join our local Marine Corp as we kick off the 2019 Toys for Tots campaign for Mobile. Registration opens at 8:00 a.m. and the ride begins at 11:00 a.m. Please bring a new, unwrapped gift to donate for this year's toy drive. More information and a registration link will come.
Find out more »Battleship Rugby Invitational XV Tournament
Battleship Rugby will host their annual Invitational XV Tournament on Veteran's Day weekend. Come see a different type of football as teams from across the country come to via for the championship title. The event is a two-day tournament. Admission is $4 per car. Bring chairs, blankets and enthusiasm.
Find out more »Flag Retirement Ceremony
Girl Scout Troop 8306 will hold a Flag Retirement Ceremony behind the USS DRUM. Please bring your old, tattered, faded, and worn American flags for retirement. Admission is $4 per car. Please bring a lawn chair for seating.
Find out more »Veterans Day an Alabama Bicentennial Event
Battleship Memorial Park will be the site for the state of Alabama to celebrate. The Alabama Bicentennial Commission will be hosting a free admission day at the park. We invite you all to come and celebrate Alabama's veterans and spend a day touring the park. Please make plans to participate in our special events throughout the day. We will have parachutists jumping on the field in the early afternoon, the Veterans Day Celebration and Parade of Flags in the Aircraft…
Find out more »Veterans Day Celebration and Parade of Flags
Join us for our annual Veterans Day Celebration and Parade of Flags. The event features 4th grade students from Mobile and Baldwin County in a parade of American Flags. Music, presentations, and a keynote address on "Be Your Best Self" by the 2019 Distinguished Young Woman of America. The 2018 Veterans Day Essay Contest winners will present their winning essays. The event is free of charge and the public is invited to attend.
Find out more »Veterans Day Concert
What better way to end Veterans Day than by attending our annual concert by the Mobile Pops. Traditional patriotic music, standards and the service marches will be performed. This event will close out the Alabama Bicentennial Celebration for Veterans Day. The concert is free of charge and the public is invited to attend.
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Living History Crew Drill
Come see history come alive! Join us as our WWII historical reactors board the battleship USS ALABAMA and submarine USS DRUM. This drill will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Learn what life was like on these naval vessels during wartime. Be on the deck of the USS ALABAMA at 1 pm for the “call to battle stations” as vintage airplanes dive bomb the ship. Watch the men defend the Lucky A with guns blazing! Authentic…
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