Veterans Day celebration
Music | Special Events
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
November 11, 2009
In honor of all of those who have served the country, the Legion of Honor offers free general admission to U.S. Veterans and their families. The Book of Gold, listing those Californians who died in World War I, will be on display.
Florence Gould Theater
1:00 p.m.
Film screening: The War, a Ken Burns film. Episode 7: "A World Without War, March 1945–December 1945" (2007, 128 min.). A few weeks after the death of President Roosevelt shocks the country, Germany surrenders. Meanwhile, American soldiers, sailors, and Marines endure the worst battle of the Pacific—Okinawa. In August, American planes drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the Japanese, too, surrender. Millions return home—to try to learn how to live in a world without war.
Gallery 10
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Robert Gurney performs patriotic music on the Legion's Skinner Organ.
Fee Information
Programs are free. Museum general admission is required and is free to members. On Veterans Day only, general admission is free to U.S. veterans and their families.
Non-member tickets are $10/adults, $7/seniors, $6/youths (13-17), free to children 12 and under. Admission tickets to the Legion of Honor includes same-day general admission to the de Young museum (special exhibition surcharge not included).
Disclaimer
Programs are subject to change.
