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May 2025 New Orleans - 100th Bomb Group Reunion (click for details)

Summary

(Registration ends on April 10, 2025.)

Description

Join the 100th Bomb Group Foundation at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, and celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE-Day! Interest in the experiences of the 100th has reached an all-time high since the release of Masters of the Air. Our reunion is the premier opportunity to encounter world-class programming as well as unforgettable opportunities to connect with 100th historians, veterans' families, and a widening international circle of others interested in learning and sharing answers about the legacy of the Bloody Hundredth.

Registration ends on April 10, 2025. No refunds are available after March 31, 2025.

Questions? reunion@100thbg.com

Your FULL registration (separate from your hotel reservations) gives you access to all historical displays and daily programs/presentations with these meals included:

  • Thursday dinner
  • Friday evening reception & symposium at the museum
  • Saturday lunch and evening banquet at the museum

 

PARTIAL registration options are available for those who can attend just 2 days (with Friday reception + Saturday lunch and banquet included) or just Saturday only (with Saturday lunch and banquet included).

If you plan to attend, be sure to complete two important steps:

  1. Use our online registration form (link above) to register as an attendee.
  2. Make your hotel reservations by clicking one of the links below to receive group-rate rooms that still are available through April 13, 2025:

Hilton Garden Inn at 1001 South Peters Street, New Orleans, LA 70130 (1/2 mile from the museum site); $179/night (+fees & taxes); $45/day parking

Higgins Hotel at 1000 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70130; $219/night (+fees and taxes); $45/day parking. Note: Although rooms at this property are sold-out, you can check this link to see if any space has come available. If you prefer to check room availability at the Higgins Hotel by phone, you can call its toll-free reservations line at (833) 357-1172, and mention the group code 91E associated with the 100th BGF room rate of $219/night.

Discounted 2-day passes to the National World Museum are available for $28/person. Otherwise, daily Museum admission is $36/person or free with a Museum membership card.

Reunion Schedule

The 100th Bomb Group Foundation is thrilled to partner with the National World War II Museum for its 2025 Reunion event. A 100th gathering at the world’s top World War II Museum is the perfect time and place to connect with others who value our group’s legacy and to immerse yourself in the era’s history. The Museum’s exceptional staff is assisting our 100th BG historical team and reunion organizers to provide reunion attendees a memorable long weekend.

Our updated reunion event schedule appears below. Reunion programming officially begins on Thursday May 15 and continues through Saturday May 18. However, many attendees come early. On Wednesday May 14, you can expect to find 100th BGF volunteers setting up historical displays, P.X. sales items, and more. So please feel free to join us to help out and meet people. When you register, you can sign up for a fun New Orleans buffet Early Arrivals dinner that evening!

You will find our registration desk and meeting rooms for meals and presentations on the second floor of the Higgins Hotel—just across the street from the National WWII Museum. If you are a Museum member, bring your membership card, or pre-purchase a discounted 2-day pass when you register. 

What’s Included 

WEDNESDAY MAY 14 – Event Set-up Day

6:00 – 8:00 pm

OPTIONAL Early Arrivals New Orleans Buffet Dinner (Higgins Hotel)

 THURSDAY MAY 15

All Day – National World War II Museum (membership or purchased admission pass required)

10:00 am

Reunion Registration Desk officially opens (Higgins Hotel)

Historical displays, silent auction, and P.X. open (Higgins Hotel)

6:00 -8:00 pm Welcome Buffet Dinner—included with FULL registration (Higgins Hotel)

 FRIDAY MAY 16

All Day – National World War II Museum (membership or purchased admission pass required)

10:00 – 11:00 am Presentation — “Preserving Ruhland Mission History in Kovarska” by Jan Zdiarsky, PhD, Director of the Museum of the Air Battle, September 11, 1944 (Higgins Hotel)
11:30 am -1:30 pm OPTIONAL Lunch — pre-purchase with registration (Higgins Hotel)
2:00 – 3:00pm   Presentation — “Ground Crews: The Men Who Kept the Planes Flying” by John Curatola, PhD, Historian, NWWII Museum (Higgins Hotel)
5:30 pm Reception hosted by the NWWII Museum — included with FULL or 2-day PARTIAL registration (Museum’s Freedom Pavilion)
6:30 – 8:30pm Symposium — “Masters of the Air and the POW Experience” with Kirk Saduski, Executive Producer, moderating a panel discussion featuring Kimberly Guise, PhD, POW Historian & Curator, NWWII Museum; Jonas Moore and Jordan Coulson, Masters of the Air cast members; and Jack Brady, son of John Brady, 100th BG Pilot and POW (Museum’s Freedom Pavilion)

SATURDAY MAY 17

9:00 – 10:00 am  100th BG Foundation Membership Business Meeting — with all  Foundation members encouraged to attend (Higgins Hotel)
10:30 – 11:30 am Presentation — “Legacy of the 100th Bomb Group and Today’s USAF 100th ARW” by Rob Paley, MA, West Point graduate, US Army veteran, 100th ARW Historian, and USAF Colonel Ryan Garlow, 100th ARW CO and 100th BG family member (Higgins Hotel)
11:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch — included with registration (Higgins Hotel)
2:00 – 3:30 pm Historical Presentation — “The Nuremberg War Crimes Trials and ‘Rosie’ Rosenthal” with Ronald Bienstock, 100th BGF Legal Counsel; Michael Bell, PhD, Historian, NWWII Museum; and Dan Rosenthal, son of Rosie and Phillis Rosenthal, Nuremberg Prosecutors during 1946-47 (Higgins Hotel) 
5:30 pm Reception — included with all registration options (Museum’s Freedom Pavilion)
6:30 pm Banquet Dinner — included with all registration options (Museum’s Freedom Pavilion)

Questions? Email:  reunion@100thbg.com

 

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