Preserving the Cradle of Invasion
Saturday, June 4 at 2pm
Robbins Museum of Archaeology
Join the Trustees of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society on Saturday, June 4 at 2pm for a guest presentation by Dr. Calvin Mires, Research Scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, and Dr. Daniel Houlihan, Regis College.
Preserving the Cradle of Invasion:
Testimonials of Place from WWII Veterans Who Trained for D-Day (and More)
on Cape Cod —
The Birthplace of the U.S. Amphibious Command
In 1942, Washburn Island — a small island nestled on south coast of Cape Cod and today is part of the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve — was transformed into a top secret military base where soldiers from around the country learned and developed the skills needed to successfully storm beaches in Normandy, Africa, and the Pacific islands.
This was the birthplace of the Engineering Amphibious Command and has become known as the “Cradle of the Invasion.”
Over the summer of 2021, a team of researchers, volunteers, and staff from the Massachusetts Archaeology Society interviewed living service members, who trained, served, and lived on Washburn Island and the surrounding area, and who became colloquially known as “The Cape Cod Commandos.”
Meet for the in-person talk at the
Robbins Museum of Archaeology
17 Jackson Street, Middleboro, MA 02346
ADA Accessible.
Free parking in the municipal lot across the street.
The lecture is free, but donations are welcome!
The Museum encourages masks while inside the building.
Or, REGISTER for the talk via Zoom Webinar
Webinar attendees will enter the Zoom in “listen only” mode and will not appear on the broadcast. The program will be recorded and published on the
Mass Archaeology YouTube channel
following the conclusion of the program.
Please add your questions to the Q&A function and the meeting host will get to as many as possible.
In case the speaker program does not start exactly at 2pm as expected, please bear with us as we make the technology work at the Robbins Museum!