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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!"
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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 -
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.
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