WW2 Museum will step up its education efforts to ensure that lessons of the war never fade

The National WWII Museum celebrated its 25th anniversary Friday at a remembrance ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the D-Day invasion, the epic air, sea and land campaign that launched the Allies on the road to Berlin and the defeat of the Nazi Third Reich.

Originally envisioned by University of New Orleans history professors Steven E. Ambrose and Gordon H. “Nick” Mueller to tell the story of that longest day, the institution has grown to seven pavilions over seven Central Business District acres — built via a $420 million fundraising campaign — welcoming more than 10 million visitors to learn the full story of the American experience in the war.

Two million of those visitors have been students and educators, according to figures provided by the museum. At the anniversary celebr