Rock from Normandy Beaches, D-Day 1944: Museum Object and Cultural History
Rock from Normandy Beaches, D-Day 1944: Date: June 6, 1944. Received by: Hattye T. Yarbrough, American. Type: souvenirs.
The object in the museum catalogue
Small brown-red rock with the inscription: [D-DAY / JUNE 6, 44] written in black marker. This rock was retrieved from a Normandy beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944, by Master Sergeant Wallace B. Jackson of the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion and sent to Hattye T. Yarbrough, an educator and wife of a veteran.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: June 6, 1944
- Received by: Hattye T. Yarbrough, American
- Type: souvenirs
- Medium: ink on rock
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 3 x 2 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (7.6 x 5.7 x 3.2 cm)
- Place collected: France, Normandy, Europe
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Military
- Topic: World War II
- Object number: 2012.8.2.3
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Hattye Thomas Yarbrough
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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