Celebrating Almost 400 Years of American Military Family History
On Sunday, April 14, between 11:00-4:00, please join us for the opening of two new exhibits – “Military Kids’ Lives” and “Together We Serve: The Modern Military Spouse” — and the official opening of our renovated and expanded space. Besides the two new exhibits, you can re-visit updated permanent exhibits, see artifacts from around the world provided by former teachers in
» Read moreBy Allen Dale Olson In 2014, the museum created “Sacrifice & Service: The American Military Family,” an exhibit illustrating a broad overview on the military family lifestyle and describing the entire military family– the parents, the spouses, the service members, the children, and most of the spouses who had contributed that material from World War II wives through those of the
» Read moreOne of the things military families tell me when they visit our museum is that they miss the life they left behind when they left the service. That life, of course, means different things to different people, but sometimes it’s quite clear that they are looking back nostalgically to what author and historian Mary Edwards Wertsch calls “life inside the
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