How a Historian Uses Social Media to Relive D-Day
Why one historian uses social media to remember D-Day in real time At the National World War II Memorial, historian Alex Kershaw has found an unlikely way to keep D-Day alive: live social media posts timed to the events of June 6, 1944.
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At the National World War II Memorial, historian Alex Kershaw has turned to social media to keep D-Day alive. He publishes posts in real time, aligned with the sequence of events that unfolded on June 6, 1944, using the original timeline to bring the history of that day to a modern audience and honor those who were there.
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