Come see history come to life with the USS ALABAMA and USS DRUM living history crew. These historical reenactors will demonstrate what life aboard a navy vessel during WWII was like. Posting of the Colors is at 8:30 a.m. on the fantail. Call to battle stations will be at 1:00 p.m. on the main deck [...]
Join us on Saturday, September 21 as we join museums across the country to celebrate museum day. Smithsonian Magazine will be offering free admission tickets to Battleship Memorial Park as part of Museum Day 2019. Tickets will be available from the Smithsonian Magazine website. More information and their website link will come. Tickets will be [...]
Come see history come alive! Join us as our WWII historical reactors board the battleship USS ALABAMA and submarine USS DRUM. Learn what life was like on these naval vessels during wartime. Be on the deck of the USS ALABAMA at 1 pm for the “call to battle stations” as vintage airplanes dive bomb the [...]
Join our local Marine Corp as we kick off the 2019 Toys for Tots campaign for Mobile. Registration opens at 8:00 a.m. and the ride begins at 11:00 a.m. Please bring a new, unwrapped gift to donate for this year's toy drive. More information and a registration link will come.
Battleship Rugby will host their annual Invitational XV Tournament on Veteran's Day weekend. Come see a different type of football as teams from across the country come to via for the championship title. The event is a two-day tournament. Admission is $4 per car. Bring chairs, blankets and enthusiasm.
Girl Scout Troop 8306 will hold a Flag Retirement Ceremony behind the USS DRUM. Please bring your old, tattered, faded, and worn American flags for retirement. Admission is $4 per car. Please bring a lawn chair for seating.
The Alabama Bicentennial Commission will open Battleship Memorial Park for a free admission day in celebration of Veterans Day. We are honored to serve as the state's official Veterans Day Celebration. Join us for: Veterans Group Photo at 1:45 p.m.; Emerald Coast Skydivers will bring in the flags on our field at 2:45 p.m.; Veterans [...]
Join us for our annual Veterans Day Celebration and Parade of Flags. The event features 4th grade students from Mobile and Baldwin County in a parade of American Flags. Music, presentations, and a keynote address on "Be Your Best Self" by the 2019 Distinguished Young Woman of America. The 2018 Veterans Day Essay Contest winners [...]
What better way to end Veterans Day than by attending our annual concert by the Mobile Pops. Traditional patriotic music, standards and the service marches will be performed. This event will close out the Alabama Bicentennial Celebration for Veterans Day. The concert is free of charge and the public is invited to attend.
Come see history come alive! Join us as our WWII historical reactors board the battleship USS ALABAMA and submarine USS DRUM. This drill will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Learn what life was like on these naval vessels during wartime. Be on the deck of the USS ALABAMA at 1 [...]