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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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Veteran's
Voice Vol 4 -
August Newsletter 2010
Sept 4th - Coffee Call
8:00-9:30
Sept 10th - Patriot
Day Luncheon for First Responders only 11:30
Sept 17th POW/MIA Day Program by VVA 11:00
Sept 18th Homecoming Celebration for the
203rd 9:00-12:00 (Volunteers Needed)
 August 28th Historical Gun Show
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Approx 150 people came to see the extensive collection of
historical firearms! Presented by Tony Gooch, Precision Defense
Systems. more...
 Photos
of August Coffee Call at the
Alabama Veterans Museum. Thanks to McClary Ford for sponsoring
this month's Coffee Call.
more...
September 18th Homecoming Celebration for
203rd Military Police Battalion
9:AM-12:PM
The plans are shaping up for the
reception for the 203rd Military Police Battalion.
We will have a band, food courtesy of local restaurants, games for
the kids, a train, dunking booth, face painting and several others. We will have a prize giveaway for a member of the 203rd
& their spouse; as well as small game prizes for children.
The schedule at this time is as follows:
• Posting of colors – Burial detail
• National anthem –
• Prayer – Grover Gardner
• Speaker – State Sen. Tom Butler, D-Madison
For more
information or to help sponsor the event, call Museum Director Sandy
Thompson at 256-771-7578. Volunteers are needed!
Donate to the Museum Foundation! Why become a member of the Alabama
Veterans Museum?
The focus of our museum is to tell the stories of our nations
veterans through the eyes of Alabama locals who have served in
times of war and peace.
to view membership levels
For more information contact the Museum with your monetary gift to ensure our
children will have a place to remember those who fought for our
freedom! Director Sandy Thompson 256.771.7578
email
Museum Wants Your Recipes! The Alabama Veterans‘ Museum
is collecting recipes for an upcoming fundraiser. They are looking
for vintage recipes and for recipes that were your veteran’s
favorite!
Our
library is now open for business, Come by and see the
collection we have of books, videos and
 magazines. We would like
to thank Carol Hamilton & Linda Wilson for the dedication of
seeing this enormous project thru. The Library is located
upstairs.
 Support the
Museum! McClary Ford Lincoln Mercury and Don
Todd will be donating $100.00 to the museum in their honor, for every vehicle
sold to a local veteran or their family member. Contact Don at 256.426.2886
(This is an exclusive offer made only by Don Todd)
Memorial Day Program - Sponsored by the
American Legion
Guest Speaker Max Bennett, CWO 4 US Army,
Retired.
Read more and see photos from the ceremony...
Honor Flight Reception -
Approximately 50 World War II Veterans, men and women, who have
flown to Washington DC on the Honor Flight Program were proudly
wearing their black and gold t-shirts reading World War II Honor
Flight – Tennessee Valley.
Flags Over Athens
- The American
Flags will be flying on Highway 31 on Flag Day and for Memorial Day.
If you would like to have a flag flown in honor or in memory of your
Veteran contact the Museum to purchase your flag!
more information click here
Veteran's Voice Vol 3
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Museum's Newsletter March 2010
The "We Interrupt this Program, Pearl Harbor Remembered DVD
is 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
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....
Read about more activities at the Museum
Bill Legg and Sam Gibbons will be forever missed!
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 -
3:00PM - Scheduled
group tours available.
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