The United States' National WWII Museum, in New Orleans, is proud to announce Heat of Battle III - the Museum's annual wargaming convention, set amongst the backdrop of the public galleries of the Museum itself.
Please use the following link to register to attend Heat of Battle III, August 21-23, 2009 : http://support.nationalww2museum.org/wargaming Our new Special Exhibit "June 1944" (along with the rest) will be included in your admission. We project great prize support and three great guest speakers are included as well. We're also very excited to be able to offer something new and exciting this year, to all Heat of Battle III convention attendees!! Your convention pass will entitle you to take the Behind the Lines museum tour of the vault and large artifact storage areas before, during, or after the convention. Group booking (max 6) is encouraged. Please see http://www.nationalww2museum.org/plan-a-visit/go-behind-the-lines-at-the.html for the details of this fantastic opportunity, which includes a chance to explore inside the Museum's Sherman tank, handle (with gloves) some of the Museum's vintage items, and see such oversize artifacts as the Museum's artillery collection, a German staff car, and other military vehicles. Our preliminary schedule of events can be found here: http://www.nationalww2museum.org/calendar/hob3-prelim-schedule.pdf Consider running a game! One GM per game run at Heat III will be allowed free admission. You must submit the game (please do so soon) before you complete the attendee registration form. Those who have already submitted a game must still complete an attendee registration form, also. Just check the Game Master button on the form. Please do so ASAP. Finally, we ask you to spread the word about Heat of Battle to any/all WWII gamers/shops, etc. Help us help more people learn about history through gaming! Questions/comments, please email or call me. Also hope to see you at Bayou Wars, www.bayouwars.org<http://www.bayouwars.org>, the last weekend in June. All the best. Walt Burgoyne Education Programs Coordinator The National World War II Museum 945 Magazine Street New Orleans, LA 70130 Ph: 504-527-6012 x 333 Fax: 504-527-6088 Web: www.nationalww2museum.org<http://www.nationalww2museum.org> The National World War II Museum was opened in 2000 as The National D-Day Museum and has been designated as the country's official National WWII Museum. See our museum's Educational Wargame programs, including Heat of Battle, http://support.nationalww2museum.org/wargaming "Personally, I am always ready to learn, though I do not always like being taught." - Sir Winston Churchill [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
