Roanoke, VA: Film Premiere & Reception

OCTOBER 2023 will be the 40th anniversary of the Beirut bombing, when 241 U.S. Military personnel were killed in the barracks bombing, including 220 Marines. The incident was the deadliest single-day death toll for the United States Marine Corps since the Battle of Iwo Jima.

That same week, citing danger to the U.S. citizens in Grenada, President Ronald Reagan ordered nearly 2,000 U.S. troops onto the island, where they soon found themselves facing opposition from Grenadian armed forces and groups of Cuban military engineers who were in Grenada to repair and expand the island’s airport.

To commemorate these events, the Virginia War Memorial Foundation will debut our newest documentary, One Week in October.

This documentary is produced by Blue Ridge PBS and will be aired on Public Television Stations across the state.

We look forward to seeing our friends from the most beautiful part of the state.

R.S.V.P. to Annie Warman at awarman@vawarmemorial.org by October 13th.

Monday, October 23, 2023 
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Hotel Roanoke
Washington Lecture Hall
110 Shenandoah Ave., NE
Roanoke, VA 24016

Pay-to-park self-parking lot available with a free shuttle to the hotel entrance.