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As a run-up to the Chicago Air and Water Show, the Chicago History Museum is celebrating Navy Week with a series of activations, screenings of Heroes on Deck: World War II on Lake Michigan, a performance by Navy Band Great Lakes, and more!

SCHEDULE

Tuesday, August 6

2:30–3:30 p.m. – Screening of Heroes on Deck: World War II on Lake Michigan. 1st floor, Robert R. McCormick Theater. Free with Museum admission.

6:30–8:00 p.m. – Navy Band Great Lakes performance featuring the music of John Philip Sousa. Outdoors, Museum plaza. Free and open to the public.

Wednesday, August 7

10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. – Learn about naval history with displays, photographs, publications, and artifacts from Naval History and Heritage Command. Meet naval historians as they highlight Chicago’s history of naval aviation and the history of submarines. 1st floor, Kovler Family Lobby. Free and open to the public.

2:30–3:30 p.m. – Screening of Heroes on Deck: World War II on Lake Michigan. 1st floor, Robert R. McCormick Theater. Free with Museum admission.

Thursday, August 8

10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. – Learn about naval history with displays, photographs, publications, and artifacts from Naval History and Heritage Command. Meet naval historians as they highlight Chicago’s history of naval aviation and the history of submarines. 1st floor, Kovler Family Lobby. Free and open to the public.

2:30–3:30 p.m. – Screening of Heroes on Deck: World War II on Lake Michigan. 1st floor, Robert R. McCormick Theater. Free with Museum admission.

Friday, August 9

10:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m. – Chicago Air and Water Show rehearsal. Outdoors, Museum plaza. Free and open to the public.

2:30–3:30 p.m. – Screening of Heroes on Deck: World War II on Lake Michigan. 1st floor, Robert R. McCormick Theater. Free with Museum admission.

Saturday, August 10

10:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m. – Chicago Air and Water Show

2:30–3:30 p.m. – Screening of Heroes on Deck: World War II on Lake Michigan. 1st floor, Robert R. McCormick Theater. Free with Museum admission.

Sunday, August 11

10:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m. – Chicago Air and Water Show

2:30–3:30 p.m. – Screening of Heroes on Deck: World War II on Lake Michigan. 1st floor, Robert R. McCormick Theater. Free with Museum admission.

Header photo credit: 1981 Chicago Park District Air and Water Show. ST-17101590-0018, Chicago Sun-Times collection, CHM.

i071521_pm United States Navy sailors in formation in front of buildings, Fort Sheridan, Lake County, Illinois, 1915. Chicago History Museum, ICHi-071521; Charles R. Clark, photographer.
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hb07282d_pm Two navy officers watching a Crane Company worker operating manufacturing machine at the Army-Navy E Award Ceremony held at the Crane Company Plant in Chicago, Illinois, February 4, 1943. Photographed for Crane Company. Military personnel visited the factory during the ceremony celebrating Crane Company's Army-Navy E Award, which honored excellence in the production of military equipment during the Second World War, February 1943. HB-07282-D, Chicago History Museum, Hedrich-Blessing Collection.
hb07282m Army-Navy E Award ceremony at Crane Company plant, February 1943. HB-07282-M, Chicago History Museum, Hedrich-Blessing Collection.
st70005831_0003 Mayor Richard J. Daley climbed aboard the USS Farmington to present the Chicago flag to commanding officer Lieutenant Aubrey A. Moore Jr. and others, Navy Pier, 600 East Grand Avenue, Chicago, Illinois., June 1962. ST-70005831-0003, Chicago Sun-Times collection, Chicago History Museum.
st10003660_0040 The United States Navy "Blue Angels" flying team performs air acrobatics over Lake Michigan, August 1964. ST-10003660-0040, Chicago Sun-Times collection, Chicago History Museum.
st70005840_0008 Swearing in of one millionth Navy recruit, December 1968. ST-70005840-0008, Chicago Sun-Times collection, Chicago History Museum.
st14002935_0017 The USS Silversides, the most decorated submarine to serve in World War II, escorted by the tugboat Mary E. Hannah and moved from the Naval Armory to the north side of Navy Pier, 600 East Grand Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. It will be used at a lakefront museum, June 1979. ST-14002935-0017, Chicago Sun-Times collection, Chicago History Museum.
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