Flags for the Fallen

Join us to honor and remember the 26,000 airmen of the Eighth Air Force in World War II who never returned home with Flags for the Fallen: 26,000 Flags | One Mission.

Each of the twenty six thousand 48-star American flags memorialize the 26,000 men lost in the World War II Eighth Air Force in our unique memorial flag garden of remembrance.

One 48-star American flag for each of the 26,000 men lost. The men of the Eighth in WWII served and were buried under this flag.
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FRIDAY, May 26 Museum & Memorial Garden Hours 10am-5pm

9:30am – Opening Ceremony for “Flags for the Fallen”
2:00-2:30pm – 100 th BG Navigator & POW Frank Murphy, shot down Oct. 10, 1943, Presented by Liz Murphy, Murphy’s Daughter

2:30-3:30pm – The Munster Mission, Mike Faley, 100th Bomb Group Historian, Moderator

4:00pm – Freckleton Air Disaster Remembrance in Memorial Garden. Honoring the 61 victims, including 38 schoolchildren, killed in B-24 Liberator crash.
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SATURDAY, May 27 Museum Hours 10am-5pm

10:00-5:00pm – Memorial Garden Flags for the Fallen
Remember and Honor 26,000 Heroes of The Mighty Eighth Air Force
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SUNDAY, May 28 Museum Hours 12pm-5pm

1:00-2:00pm – Living History Presentation: October 8, 1943, Bremen
Pre-Mission Briefing
4:00pm – Candle Lighting Ceremony at Museum, Chapel of the Fallen Eagles
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MONDAY, May 29 Museum Hours 10am-5pm

11:00am – Memorial Day Wreath Laying Ceremony in Memorial Garden