• North HillSide Photomerge

    Andersonville

    National Historic Site Georgia

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    Beginning Monday, May 13, 2013, the National Prisoner of War Museum will adopt new operating hours of 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. More »

POW/MIA Recognition Day

National POW/MIA Recognition Day is observed on the third Friday in September. It honors those who were prisoners of war and those who are still missing in action. In 2012, National POW/MIA Recognition Day will be Friday, September 21st.

Each year the park sponsors a speaker for the Georgia Southwestern State University Convocation, the Wednesday before National POW/MIA Recognition Day.

The Ride Home
The park participates with Rolling Thunder in its annual Ride Home event in conjunction with National POW/MIA Recognition Day. For more information, please visit http://www.theridehome.com/

 
National POW/MIA Recognition Day poster image

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) produces a poster for National POW/MIA Recognition Day each year. They also host a page with more information about the presidentially proclaimed observance.

Did You Know?

A replica prisoner shelter

The shelters built by prisoners were known by many names: tents, huts, shelter tents and blanket tents. The phrase "shebang" was used by a small number of prisoners but through post-war and Twentieth Century popular writings has become the most commonly used term for the prisoner shelters. More...