Date: 11/11/2016 TO 11/13/2016
Time: 10:00 AM TO 5:00 PM

602 E 2nd St
Bethlehem, PA 18015

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Event Description: Join the National Museum of Industrial History in celebrating Veteran’s Day Weekend with a special exhibit and companion programming honoring our veterans and the workers of Bethlehem Steel. November 2016 marks the 75th Anniversary of the Bethlehem plant of Bethlehem Steel Corporation receiving an “E” for Excellence Award from the U.S. Navy for the plant's efforts in war-related production. Significantly, the Bethlehem plant received this award prior to the formal US entry into World War II, which was already on-going in other parts of the world. The award was highly recognized at the plant in 1941 with a major “E” pennant award ceremony, parade, and presentation of an “E” award lapel pin to every BSC employee in Bethlehem. The “E” for Excellence Award Exhibit will feature an original “E” pennant, the “E” award lapel pin, the original program from the award ceremony as well as various photographs and ephemera related to the award and Bethlehem Steel’s role in World War II.    In addition to the special exhibit, on Friday the Museum will host a lecture with author and historian Don Young discussing the wartime production at the Bethlehem Steel plant as well as a film screening of Shipways, an original 1945 16mm film about Bethlehem Steel’s shipbuilding division with National Railway Historical Society Film Archivist Mitch Dakelman. On Saturday families will be able to participate in a special family workshop and create their own “E” pennant and participate in a WWII artifact show and tell. Throughout the weekend original WWII-eta radio broadcasts, news clips, and PSAs will play in the Museum’s lobby. All events are free with regular admission to the Museum.


Directions:
602 E 2nd St Bethlehem, PA 18015

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