Meredith Richards

Exec Director, WWII Museum video/podcasts, fmr. @CNN @LSU

[National WWII Museum @WWIImuseum]

A true soldier's artist during World War II, Bill Mauldin's cartoons about life on the front resonated deeply with his fellow enlisted troops. Learn about his story in Drawn to Combat: Bill Mauldin and the Art of War, open now at The National WWII Museum. https://t.co/uabLzGoV0N

[National WWII Museum @WWIImuseum]

The Artemis II crew received a surprise message from Apollo astronaut and US Navy veteran James Lovell, who passed away in 2025.

[Waffle House @WaffleHouse]

nobody's been this far from a Waffle House before

[David Axelrod @davidaxelrod]

The CBS radio network played a remarkable role in our history & the evolution of broadcast journalism. It produced some of the most iconic reporting & spawned many of the greatest broadcast journalists of the 20th century.
The legacy is enormous. Its shuttering, a jarring crosswords.

[Meredith Richards @MereRichards22]

The HISTORY Channel is launching a big 20-part WWII series on Memorial Day 2026. The National WWII Museum in New Orleans is honored to collaborate on this significant production. Tune in soon!

[National WWII Museum @WWIImuseum]

WWII remains the most devastating and defining conflict in history 80 years on. Now, The @HISTORY Channel's series "World War II with Tom Hanks" reexamines the war through the lens of a new century. We proudly supported this series, which premieres May 25. https://t.co/S356MtA3IP

[National WWII Museum @WWIImuseum]

Eighty-one years ago today, the German army launched a massive offensive in the Ardennes Forest. The Battle of the Bulge would be the largest engagement ever fought by the US Army—and ultimately hasten the end of Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich.

[National WWII Museum @WWIImuseum]

In Hidden Heroes of World War II, a new video series from The National WWII Museum, historians and researchers help families uncover the stories of their WWII veterans—many for the first time. Watch the first full episode here: https://t.co/rHXhD0Ps32

[National WWII Museum @WWIImuseum]

Eighty-four years ago today, Imperial Japan launched a stunning surprise attack on the US fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. More than 2,400 American lives were lost in the assault. In this video from our Oral History Collection, WWII veteran Roy "Swede" Boreen recalls that morning.

[National WWII Museum @WWIImuseum]

In this episode of "World War II: On Topic," Kirk Saduski interviews James Vanderbilt, director of the new film "Nuremberg," and Michael Berenbaum, the film’s historical advisor, as well as historians Donald Miller and Rebecca Erbelding. Listen now: https://t.co/d1k3hwHPW3

[National WWII Museum @WWIImuseum]

More than 81 years after he was killed during the Battle of Saipan, Sergeant Frank L. Schmaltz was laid to rest with full military honors after his remains were identified and accounted for by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Learn more here: https://t.co/u9DMnvK5eH

[Military Times @MilitaryTimes]

WWII Museum podcast explores legacy of America’s first intel agency https://t.co/P37BAOtLcP

[Military Times @MilitaryTimes]

Season one of "Secret WWII: Spies & Special Ops" delves into wartime tales of espionage and intrigue, and the formation of the OSS. https://t.co/P37BAOtLcP

[Meredith Richards @MereRichards22]

In 1942, Nazi Germany sent 2 submarines to America, with 8 Nazi spies landing in Florida and Long Island, NY.

Link below to learn about this stunning espionage effort, and other stories like the hero codebreakers of Midway - all in Part 2 of “Secret WWII” podcast…

[National WWII Museum @WWIImuseum]

Episode 2 of our new podcast, "Secret WWII: Spies & Special Ops," is available to stream now on our website or wherever you get your podcasts. https://t.co/sD42ZLG2Yj

[National WWII Museum @WWIImuseum]

Episode 1 of The National WWII Museum's podcast "Secret WWII: Spies & Special Ops," is out now! Stream now on our website or wherever you listen to podcasts. https://t.co/B2CPTqNxiI

[Meredith Richards @MereRichards22]

Last surviving pilot of the ‘Bloody Hundredth’ has died, WWII Veteran John ‘Lucky’ Luckadoo https://t.co/xbgue0SBJW

[Meredith Richards @MereRichards22]

80 years ago today. Truman addresses the nation: “It is our responsibility - ours, the living - to see to it that this victory shall be a monument worthy of the dead who died to win it.”

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[Meredith Richards @MereRichards22]

@vplus Whoa this is awesome! Congrats! 🫡

[National WWII Museum @WWIImuseum]

Thank you to everyone who joined us in-person and online this past weekend for our End of War Symposium as we dove deeper into the pivotal final moments and lasting legacies of WWII. Haven't watched yet? All symposium sessions are available on demand now! https://t.co/AUOWe6C0J7

[Betsy Klein @betsy_klein]

"Papa Jake" Larson, the World War II veteran turned TikTok star, has died at 102 https://t.co/ZWOFUZlvCt

[National WWII Museum @WWIImuseum]

Happy Fourth of July! In this archival video from 1944, American soldiers and French civilians in Normandy mark the first Independence Day after the Allied D-Day landings.