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Welcome to the Alabama Veterans
Museum and Archives
ALABAMA VETERANS MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES NAMED
ATTRACTION OF THE YEAR
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February Is Black History
Month -
Our Museum is
in
need of items to display to honor our Black Veterans. Items can be
brought to the museum or can be picked up. Your assistance is
greatly appreciated. Sandra Thompson, Director Alabama Veterans
Museum and Archives 256-771-7578
email
February 6th Coffee Call
Guest Garry Johnson from Liberty's Legacy will show a 30 minute
film, please plan to stay for viewing.
www.LibertysLegacy.com
An appreciation dinner will
be February 26th at 6: PM for our Coffee Call Sponsors
Cast Members Gives Back to the Alabama
Veterans Museum
Jackie Greenhaw presents Alabama Veterans
Museum President Jerry Crabtree at the January 2nd Coffee
Call, a signed and framed poster of the “We Interrupt This Program”
Pearl Harbor Remembered play performed on December 6th,
2009 at the Limestone County Senior Center.
Museum holds their Annual Volunteer
Appreciation Luncheon
The Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives held
their annual ‘Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon’ Tuesday December 15th.
Col. Sam Gibbons was honored at the
luncheon for his many years of service as the museum’s Treasurer as
he now continues as a member of the Board of Directors. Mrs. Linda
Watson who has logged many volunteer hours & is a Board of Directors
member at the museum will receive the responsibilities of Museum
Treasurer. To read more click here....
We
Interrupt This Program...Pearl Harbor
Remembered
view photos of the tribute
There was a full house at the sold out
program to honor the memory and survivors of Pearl Harbor
Sunday December 6th, 2009 at the Athens Senior Center.
The Guest of Honor was not only all
the veterans who have served our country so bravely but our
own Pearl Harbor survivor Gilbert M. Crutchfield, 88 yrs
young, of Tanner Alabama.
This program portrayed scenes from
Athens in the 1940s. Then, Mayor Richardson addressed the
audience explaining the changing times and the growth Athens
was experiencing.
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more....
Mrs. Gladys Black is the
winner of the painting by Lisa Milby 'Day of Infamy',
congratulations Mrs. Black!
Read about more activities at the Museum
Would you like to honor the men and women who
have served our country? Many ask "what they can do"?
By helping to preserve their
memories here in the Museum you can do more than honor those who
served, you can help us teach our children and our neighbors of the
price that is paid for our freedom.
We invite you to tour
our facility free of charge, (donations are cheerfully accepted) anytime
you are in history-rich North Alabama. But until you can plan a trip
our way, please take a moment to see a few of our exhibits on this
Website.
The Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives, located in the old L&N
Freight Depot in Athens, was the brainchild of the late Limestone
County, Alabama, Veterans Service Officer Kenneth David. After
collecting artifacts for an exhibit to commemorate the 50th
anniversary of the end of World War II in 1995, Ken still had many
artifacts left after the exhibit closed that contributors didn’t
retrieve. He wanted a permanent place to display the artifacts to
honor the brave men and women from the Civil War to the present who
fought and died to keep our land free.
The Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives opened its doors in 2000
with a few primitive displays and much renovation work still to be
done. We had our Grand Opening and Dedication service on Nov. 10,
2002. Our guest speaker was Johnny Spann of Winfield, Ala., father
of Mike Spann, the first American killed in Afghanistan in the wake
of the terrorist attack on America. One week later, Ken David lost
his battle with cancer.
The museum is divided into three
areas: the Tyler Craig Memorial Library; the Bob McAbee Exhibit
Hall, and the Wendell Powers Auditorium to commemorate the untold
hours of volunteer labor these three museum board members gave, and
continue to give, to this building.
We have heard it commented by visitors who have seen military museum
throughout the U.S. that the charm of this museum is that it
celebrates the accomplishments and sacrifices of the local service
person and their family on the home front, rather than extolling the
oft-told glory of their commanders.
The Website is dedicated to Ken David and all the volunteers who
have made this endeavor possible. We are staffed with volunteers. We
welcome any assistance or donations.
For more information, or to volunteer, call the Museum at
256-771-7578 or
email
Hours Monday thru Saturday from 9:00AM - 2:00PM - Scheduled
group tours available.
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