Freedom Heritage Museum Of Evansville Presents the Movie “E”

Premiere of the Movie “E”

Evansville, IN April 27, 2016, Wednesday, from 6:00 – 7:00 pm the Freedom Heritage Museum is sponsoring the showing of the original short film “E” for the first time. The public is invited to attend at Showplace Cinemas East on Morgan Center Drive (use the IMAX entrance) for the premiere. The suggested entrance/donation fee is $10 (all proceeds will go to the Freedom Heritage Museum). Reservations can be made at 812-759-8186.

The first Cinematography “Evansville Oscar Awards” will be given for “Best Cinematographer,” “Best Director,” “Best Narration,” and “Best Action Hero.” Celebrate the winners and meet those who made the movie.
The June 28, 2015 “1943 Sicily Invasion Reenactment” was one of the most talked about and successful programs of last year’s Shrinersfest Air Show on the Ohio River. This event recreated the 1943 Sicily Invasion by having (1.) Naval support: WWII LST-325 and their two Higgins boats, (2.) Air support: WWII warbirds, a P-51 Mustang, a C-47 Skytrain, and three SNJ-5 Pilot Makers, and (3.) Ground support: American GIs landing on Dress Plaza to capture the Nazi positions. Reenactors from several states participated and were lead by field commander General Patton aka James Goodall. Professional cinematographers and photographers were imbedded in the action to produce this short film. The “E” Cinematographer and Editor is Steve Oglesby of Oglesby Digital.

All ages are invited to attend this movie premiere and awards program to see how Evansville contributed to WWII as the Arsenal of Democracy and influenced key campaigns such as the1943 Sicily Invasion. “Word War II transformed Evansville, then Evansville changed the world.” Come support the mission of the Freedom Heritage Museum!

The Sicily Invasion in 1943, also know as “Operation Husky,” was the first landing of the Allies in Europe to win WWII against the Axis. It was the precursor to D-Day in Normandy a year later. Besides getting a foothold in Europe, it resulted in the Axis country of Italy switching sides to the Allies.