tributed millions of dollars to help build this national 
institution. 
(10) The board of trustees of the National D-
Day Museum is national in scope and diverse in its 
makeup. 
(11) The World War II Memorial now under 
construction on the National Mall in Washington, 
D.C., should always be the Nation’s memorial where 
people go to remember America’s sacrifices in World 
War II. 
(12) The National D-Day Museum should al-
ways be America’s museum of the American experi-
ence in the World War II years (1939–1945) where 
people go to learn about this critical period and 
where the history of the Nation’s monumental strug-
gle will be preserved so that future generations may 
understand the role the United States played in the 
preservation and advancement of democracy and 
freedom in the middle of the 20th century. 
(13) The National D-Day Museum seeks to 
educate a diverse group of audiences through its col-
lection of artifacts, photographs, letters, documents, 
and firsthand personal accounts of the participants 
in the war on the home front during one of history’s 
darkest hours.
(14) The National D-Day Museum is devoted to 
the combat experience of America’s citizen soldiers 
in all theaters of the war and to the heroic efforts 
of the men and women on the home front who 
worked tirelessly to support the troops and the war 
effort. 
(15) The National D-Day Museum continues to 
add to and maintain one of the Nation’s largest per-
sonal history collections of the men and women who 
participated in World War II and on the home front. 
(16) No other museum seeks to describe the 
volunteer spirit that arose throughout the United 
States during the war years of World War II—the 
spirit that united the country. 
(17) The National D-Day Museum is currently 
engaged in a 250,000-square-foot expansion to in-
clude as the core exhibitions of the museum the Cen-
ter for the Study of the American Spirit, an ad-
vanced format theater, and a new United States pa-
vilion. 
(18) The planned ‘‘We’re All in This Together’’ 
Exhibit will describe the role played by every State, 
commonwealth, and territory in World War II, and 
the computer-driven database and software of the 
National D-Day Museum’s educational program will
be made available to the teachers and school chil-
dren of every State, commonwealth, and territory. 
(19) The National D-Day Museum is an official 
Smithsonian affiliate institution with formal agree-
ment to borrow Smithsonian artifacts for future ex-
hibitions. 
(20) ‘‘Le Memorial de Caen’’ in Normandy, 
France, has officially recognized the National D-Day 
Museum as its official partner in a patriotic alliance 
signed by both museums on October 16, 2002. 
(21) The official Battle of the Bulge Museums 
in Luxembourg and the American Battlefield Monu-
ments Commission in Europe are already collabo-
rating with the National D-Day Museum on World 
War II exhibitions. 
(22) The Congress authorized $4,200,000 in 
fiscal year 2002 and $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2003 
Department of Defense Appropriations Acts for 
planning the expansion of the National D-Day Mu-
seum to portray the untold campaigns of World War 
II and to include new exhibits on the war on land, 
sea, and air and special exhibits on the China-
Burma-India theater, the Japanese invasion of Alas-
ka’s Aleutian Islands, the role of women in World
War II, the role of African Americans in World War 
II, and other relevant subjects. 
(23) It is fitting and proper to refer to the Na-
tional D-Day Museum Foundation, Inc., as ‘‘Amer-
ica’s National World War II Museum’’. 
SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act are—
(1) to authorize reference to the National D-
Day Museum, including its future and expanded ex-
hibits, collections, and educational programs, as 
‘‘America’s National World War II Museum’’; 
(2) to ensure the continuing preservation, main-
tenance, and interpretation of the artifacts, docu-
ments, images, and history collected by the museum; 
(3) to enhance the knowledge of the American 
people of the American experience during the World 
War II years, both in combat and on the home 
front; 
(4) to provide and support a facility for the 
public display of the artifacts, photographs, letters, 
documents, and personal histories of the World War 
II years (1939–1945); 
(5) to provide educational outreach programs 
for teachers and students throughout the Nation;
(6) to encourage for educational purposes the 
further expansion of the European and Pacific ex-
hibits in the museum to include the Center for the 
Study of the American Spirit; and 
(7) to ensure that all future generations under-
stand the magnitude of the American contribution to 
the Allied victory in World War II, the sacrifices 
made to preserve freedom and democracy, and the 
benefits of peace for all future generations in the 
21st century and beyond. 
SEC. 4. REFERENCE TO AMERICA’S NATIONAL WORLD WAR 
II MUSEUM. 
The National D-Day Museum located in New Orle-
ans, Louisiana, and managed by the National D-Day Mu-
seum Foundation, Inc., is hereby authorized to be referred 
to as ‘‘America’s National World War II Museum’’.
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