(Long Island, NY) In recognition of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, the American Airpower Museum, located at 1230 New Highway Farmingdale NY, will honor WWII POWs with the rededication of its renovated POW exhibit, the only permanent exhibit of its kind in the Tri State area.
The event takes place 4 days after the 70th anniversary of VJ Day, the official date of the end of WWII. On September 2, 1945, Japan signed the documents of surrender aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. The war had ended in Europe in May. POWs held in German Camps had been liberated and were already on their way home by wars end in September. The exhibit and the event acknowledge the hardships that our soldiers endured while captives of the enemy.
A number of surviving POWs will be on hand for the rededication. Following the event they will board the museum’s C-47 military transport for a celebratory “liberation flight”. Speakers attending will be Suffolk County Executive Steven Ballone – Director of
Suffolk County Veterans Service Agency, Thomas Ronayne – Museum President Jeffrey Clyman and Commander of the Nassau-Suffolk County American Ex-Prisoners of war, Bernadette Missano.
The rededication takes place during the American Airpower Museum’s annual Labor Day Weekend, which this year celebrates the milestone anniversary of the end of WWII with a family oriented program for all ages.
WHEN: Arrival 10:00AM. Ceremony starts at 10:30AM September 5th
WHERE: The American Airpower Museum, 1230 New Highway, Farmingdale NY 11735
