EDUCATION
The Foundation's education and travel programs are for Students and Adults and we provide in museum and in classroom resources for Educators in our region. We host and lead history tours to Battlefields and historic sites in Normandy and Verdun, France; and are adding the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and an American Revolution tour of southern theater battles.
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REMEMBER THEM
On June 6, 2014 the 116th Regimental Combat Team, 29th Division, "EVER FORWARD" Statue and Memorial Plaques were unveiled and dedicated just above "OMAHA BEACH" on a site at the Vierville Draw in Normandy, France. The statue and it's memorial plaques overlook the beaches where the 116th Regiment landed on D-Day and experienced the greatest losses of any Allied unit on June 6, 1944.
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MUSEUM
Visit The 29th Division Museum to explore more than 280 years of Colonial American, United States and World History through the story of the one United States Army Infantry Division and subordinate units that participated in all of it. Since Colonial times our Citizens have become American Soldiers and made World History. The 29th Division Museum houses a rare collection of artifacts and archival materials related to the 116th Infantry Regiment, the 29th Infantry Division and the U. S. Army.
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VETERANS
The 116th Infantry Regiment is organized under the Unites States Army Regimental System (USARS). The goal of the U.S. Army Regimental System (USARS) is to foster unit readiness and combat effectiveness by developing in soldiers a sense of loyalty and commitment which comes from long-term identification with a unit and the opportunity to highlight the history, customs and traditions behind the regiment.
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The Citizen Soldiers Education Foundation
Our MISSION is to Remember and Honor America's Citizen Soldiers in War and Peace. We do this through Educational Programs and Events, Exhibits and Research.
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