Alabama Veterans museum and archives in Athens Alabama

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Welcome to the Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives

ALABAMA VETERANS MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES NAMED ATTRACTION OF THE YEAR
click photo to read story..

READ - Veteran's Voice Vol 2 Museum's Newsletter Oct 2009

November 13th Alabama Veterans Museum Annual Fish Fry



November 7th Athens Veterans Parade
- Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives awarded "Over All Winner!" click for photos

FLAGS OVER ATHENS - Veterans Day, The Flags Are Flying!

Spot the History Month Winners!  Ben Cagle & Harlyn Cowart to see photo and read more....

From Pacific patrols to Korea's cold ground
Wednesday, November 04, 2009 By Erica Jacobson with the Limestone Spirit.

December 6th 2:PM - We Interrupt This Program...
Pearl Harbor Remembered
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Enjoy this docudrama live at the Senior Center with a chance to win 'Day of Infamy' an 18x24 oil painting by local artist Lisa Milby. Tickets are now on sale to the public....
read more click here.

Read "The story of Pearl Harbor" & more about our local veterans.

To read of the 'Honor Flights' go to www.honorflight.net



Support the 203rd Military Police Battalion

We are taking donations for care packages to support our local deployed troops!!!!! Requesting Video Games and Movies! Bring your contributions to the Alabama Veterans Museum @ 100 W. Pryor Street or call 256-771-7578 and ask for Sandy for pickup! email

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.

Alabama veterans museum and archives remembering our militry forces on Memorial Day

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Read the stories from our local veterans

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Kenneth Black - Bayoneted in Foxhole

George Cooper - Once a Marine always a Marine

Wayne Hamilton - The jungles of Guadalcanal

Leathernecks on Iwo Jima

The Maytear Washer - Hal Spencer

Touch the Button Nell - Lifford French

War is Tragedy - Douglas Cohn

When Duty Called - Jerry Barksdale

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Victory Garden Exhibit