Tribute To American Heroes
Schedule
Fri Mar 29 2024 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm
Location
Bohemian National Hall | New York, NY
Concert of Czech folk music & Meeting with the relatives of the airmen who started the liberation of Europe during the Second World War.About this Event
Concert of Czech folk music & Meeting with the relatives of the airmen who started the liberation of Europe during the Second World War. The event is organised on the ocassion of the 80th anniversary of the tragedy of the US bomber Liberator near Nepomuk and the 25th anniversary of the Czech Republic's accession to NATO.
Program:
- Welcoming remarks
- John H. Torrison, Joseph Santos, Skipper Goddard Miller - relatives of US soldiers (USA)
- Martin Vydra - baritone (Czechia)
- Matěj Číp - cimbalom (Czechia)
- Glass of wine
Partners organisations
The event is organized by the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in New York and the City of Nepomuk in collaboration with the Czech Center in New York and with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.
Patronage:
- Mr. Arnošt Kareš, Consul General of the Czech Republic in New York
- Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic
Other events
The event at the Bohemian National Hall is part of a series of three events that will take place at the end of February in USA.
The other two events will be (Registration for these events is separate):
- Concert at the United States Military Academy West Point on February 25, 2024
- Concert in the St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York on February 27, 2024.
Historical background
"Operation Argument" was carried out by the US 8th and 15th Air Forces in February 1944. The goal of the operation was to bomb munitions and aircraft factories in Germany and the occupied territories.
Liberator B-24s, four-engine airplanes, we part of the large squadron. After their bombing mission to Regensburg, Germany, they were headed for Pilsen in the then Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. On February 22, 1944, three bombers were successively shot down by German forces above Western Bohemia. One of them, B-24 “Miss Fortune” crashed near the City if Nepomuk.
Out of the eleven-member crew of Miss Fortune, only gunner Sgt. Raymond A. Noury, survived. He visited Nepomuk twice, in 2004 and 2009.
Today, the site of the tragedy on Dubeč Hill is commemorated by an obelisk monument.The Nepomuk Municipal Museum displays a collection of objects found at the scene of the accident, together with a large number of historical documents.
Where is it happening?
Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street, New York, United StatesUSD 0.00
