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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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March 6th Coffee Call 8:00 - 9:30 Powers Room


Several new faces & many political faces were on hand to hear our program, visit & have breakfast. more...

March 27th Women's History Presentation - 12:00

The "We Interrupt this Program, Pearl Harbor Remembered DVD is complete and available at the Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives for $15.00. Stop in a buy your copy soon, limited quantities!

For a list of all the monthly activities click here...


We Interrupt This Program...Pearl Harbor Remembered 
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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. read more....

Mrs. Gladys Black is the winner of the painting by Lisa Milby 'Day of Infamy', congratulations Mrs. Black!


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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

Pearl Harbor Remembered
- Jerry Barksdale