World War II Memorial, Washington, DC-based events (November 2018- June 6, 2020):
Bold dates note key ceremonies.
2018
| Sunday, November 11 | Veterans Day Observance |
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| Tuesday, November 20 | Battle of Tarawa 75th Anniversary Commemoration |
| Friday, December 7 | Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Observance |
2019
| Thursday, January 17 | Battle of Monte Cassino 75th Anniversary |
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| Tuesday, January 22 | Battle of Anzio 75th Anniversary Commemoration |
| Thursday, January 31 | Battle of Kwajalein 75th Anniversary Commemoration |
| Wednesday, May 8 | V-E Day Observance |
| Monday, May 27 | Memorial Day Observance
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| Wednesday, June 5 | Battle of Normandy (D-Day) 75th Anniversary Reading of Names |
| Thursday, June 6 | Battle of Normandy (D-Day) 75th Anniversary *also in USEUCOM AOR Normandy American Cemetery, near Omaha Beach (ABMC) |
| Sunday, June 9 | Commemorative Airborne Operation in France |
| Saturday, June 15 | Battle of Saipan 75th Anniversary Commemoration |
| Sunday, July 21 | Battle of Guam 75th Anniversary Commemoration |
| Wednesday, August 7 | Battle for Brest 75th Anniversary Commemoration |
| Thursday August 15 | Operation Dragoon 75th Anniversary Commemoration *also in USEUCOM AOR |
| Monday, August 19 | U.S. Embassy Paris to focus on 75th Anniversary of Liberation of Paris (in the USEUCOM AOR) (T) |
| Wednesday, August 21 | Ambassador F. Haydn Williams lOOth Birthday Commemoration |
| Thursday, August 29 | Liberation of Paris 75th Anniversary Commemoration |
| Monday, September 2 | V -J Day Observance |
| Thursday, September 5 | Battle of Nancy 75th Anniversary Commemoration |
| Sunday, September 15 | Battle of Peleliu 75th Anniversary Commemoration |
| Tuesday, September 17 | Operation Market Garden 75th Anniversary *also in USEUCOM AOR |
| Tuesday, September 17 | Battle of Angaur 75th Anniversary Commemoration |
| Thursday, September 19 | Battle of Hurtgen Forest 75th Anniversary |
| Wednesday, October 2 | Battle of Aachen 75th Anniversary Commemoration |
| Wednesday, October 23 | Battle of Leyte Gulf 75th Anniversary Commemoration |
| Monday, November 11 | Veterans Day Observance (request military band) |
| Saturday, December 7 | Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Observance *also in USINDO-PACOM AOR |
| Saturday, December 14 | Christmas Caroling |
| Monday, December 16 | Battle of the Bulge 75th Anniversary Commemoration *also in USEUCOM AOR |
2020
| Wednesday, January 1 | Operation Nordwind 75th Anniversary Commemoration |
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| Thursday, January 9 | Battle of Luzon 75th Anniversary Commemoration |
| Monday, January 20 | Colmar Pocket 75th Anniversary Commemoration |
| Monday, February 3 | Battle of Manila 75th Anniversary Commemoration |
| Wednesday, February 19 | Battle of Iwo Jima 75th Anniversary Commemoration *USMC could commemorate at WWII Memorial |
| Saturday, March 7 | Ruhr Pocket 75th Anniversary Commemoration |
| Tuesday, March 24 | Operation Varsity 75th Anniversary Commemoration |
| Wednesday, April 1 | Battle of Okinawa 75th Anniversary Commemoration |
| Monday, April 6 | Operation Grapeshot (Spring Offensive) 75th Anniversary Commemoration |
| Friday, May 8 | V-E Day 75th Anniversary Commemoration *also Eisenhower Memorial dedication near Dept. of Education Air Force VE Day Capitol flyover (tent.) |
| Monday, May 25 | Memorial Day Observance |
| Friday, June 6 | D-Day Commemoration |
| Wednesday, September 2 | V-J Day (end of WWII) 75th Anniversary Commemoration *also in USINDO-PACOM AOR (T) *Navy ceremony@ USS Missouri, Pearl Harbor (T) |