Rock from Normandy Beaches, D-Day 1944
date: label: Date
content: June 6, 1944
name: label: Received by
content: Hattye T. Yarbrough, American
notes: label: Description
content: Small brown streaked rock with the inscription: [D-DAY / JUNE 6, 44] written in black ink. This rock was retrieved from a Normandy beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944, by Master Sergeant Wallace B. Jackson of the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion and sent to Hattye T. Yarbrough, an educator and wife of a veteran.
place: label: Place collected
content: France, Normandy, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: World War II
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
label: Exhibition
content: Double Victory: The African American Military Experience
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Hattye Thomas Yarbrough
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.8.2.1
objectType: label: Type
content: souvenirs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on rock
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1 1/2 x 4 1/4 x 1/4 in. (3.8 x 10.8 x 0.6 cm)