*extreme old-timey announcer voice*

“Travel back to those thrilling days of yesteryear…learn a little something about your city…your country…and maybe yourself…”

1940s Day
Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal
Saturday, August 26, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Schedule

10 a.m.: Fortune cookie making demonstration
10 – 11:30 a.m.: Kenner Toys display and discussion
10 a.m. – noon: Ezzard Charles history program
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.: Vintage newsreels
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.: History of vintage radio shows with Curator of Photographs, Prints & Media
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.: Vintage radio display with Curator of History Objects and Fine Art
11 a.m.: Costume contest
11 a.m.: Broadcast to the Past stage show
11:45 a.m.: Queen City Sisters performance
Noon: Tri-State Warbirds Flyover (weather-permitting)
Noon – 1:30 p.m.: Victory Garden poster activity
12:30 p.m.: Daniel Bennett & The Dirty Shirleys performance
1 p.m.: Dr. Al Miller’s story, Holocaust survivor
1 p.m.: Broadcast to the Past stage show
1:30 p.m.: Al & Mary’s “Sentimental Journey” – Popular songs of WWII
2:30 p.m.": Dolores Raye Sings performance
2:30 p.m. : A-Marika Dance Company performance
3 – 5 p.m.:1940s Day-themed art activity
3 p.m.: 1940s Dance Party
3:30 p.m.: Jazz Renaissance performance

Visit cincymuseum.org/1940sday for more information.

Cincinnati Museum Center’s 1940s Day returns this Saturday, Aug. 26 at historic Union Terminal, with its art deco architecture creating the perfect setting!

Inside and outside the historic train station, visitors will be immersed you in a celebration of the music, fashion, cars and people of the era. 1940s Day includes live big band music, dancing, a classic car show, a costume contest and more.

For a building that played such an active role in the decade, 1940s Day is like a homecoming for the Art Deco icon. Union Terminal buzzed with activity as World War II created evermore traffic through the station. During the war, over three million American troops traveled through Union Terminal, nearly a fifth of the nation’s soldiers who served. To offer troops traveling from across the country the comforts of home, the nation’s first USO Troops-in-Transit lounged opened in Union Terminal in the space that is now the Rookwood Ice Cream Parlor. The lounge offered service to all troops, regardless of race, at a time when much of the country was still segregated.

Troops not only shipped off through Union Terminal, many also returned there to joyful reunions, including Holocaust survivors who began their new lives in Cincinnati. Partners from the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center will participate, offering perspective on a dark moment in humanity’s history and sharing those stories of hope, resilience, and revival.

“Union Terminal was built and opened in the 1930s but it really shined in the 1940s,” said Elizabeth Pierce, president & CEO of Cincinnati Museum Center. “Our annual 1940s Day event is an opportunity to relive those moments and those memories ingrained in these walls, to learn about this moment in history in a vibrant way and to enjoy a bit of Union Terminal’s younger days.”