Rating: NR | 56 mins | FREE Will Donation
Dates & Showtimes:
Thr, June 15, 6:30 p.m., *with speaker after the film
Sat, June 17, 1:30 p.m.
Sun, June 18, 1:30 p.m.
Wed, June 21, 10 a.m.
On March 4, 2023, the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) celebrated its centennial anniversary. To mark a hundred years of commemoration, ABMC released a unique 56-minute documentary, “Our Promise: 100 years of the American Battle Monuments Commission.”
The documentary honors both the sacrifice of our fallen and the dedication of our staff to ensure we fulfill the unique mission given to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
This documentary showcases the agency’s ongoing work to preserve the legacy of those memorialized at our sites as well as the evolution of our mission into a new century of service. It honors both the sacrifice of our fallen, as well as the dedication of our staff to ensure we fulfill the unique mission given to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Bud Pettigrew Commissioner of the American Battle Monuments Commission
On June 15, the film will be followed by a Q&A with Bud Pettigrew—Hastings resident and one of just 10 commissioners nationwide on the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC). Bud Pettigrew served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1982-1983, before being medically discharged as a result of a broken neck. He taught History and coached football, wrestling, and track in various Nebraska public schools from 1989 to 2009. Pettigrew holds a bachelor’s degree in History and Social Science Education from Hastings College, Hastings, Neb., and did graduate work in History at Wayne State College.