History
US Freedom Pavilion exterior
including the Louisiana Memorial
Pavilion, showcasing the large
artifacts of the war and exhibits
on D-Day, the Home Front and the
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Theater, the 4D theater showing
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Door Canteen, where the music and
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E. Kushner Restoration Pavilion,
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Pavilion: The Boeing Center, where
exhibits and interactive experiences
paint the picture of a nation
mobilized for war.
I toured the exhibit area (opened in
December 2014) called the Road to
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Theaters pavilion. First I answered
a few questions on a digital screen
and received a credit-card like-dog
tag for a soldier in the war. I
followed his journeys by touching
the dog tag to reader stations.
I moved along through immersive
galleries that recreated actual
battle settings and villages —
crumbling walls, bomb-torn rooftops,
icy pathways where I could almost
hear snow crunch under my feet, and
a chillingly realistic soundscape. The
museum includes period newsreels,
video histories, interactive kiosks
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