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New addition to National WWII Museum addresses the conflict’s legacy
Veterans, Holocaust survivors, historians and actor Tom Hanks attended opening ceremonies for the Liberation Pavilion at the National World War II Museum.
Coast Guard kicks off construction for national museum
The museum, which will be free and accessible to the public, is expected to open sometime in 2024.
Oldest WWII veteran remembered in museum service
Lawrence Brooks was the oldest surviving World War II veteran until his death on Jan. 5 at age 112.
By Chevel Johnson
WWII Museum show to feature stories of bravery, sacrifice
The National WWII Museum plans to premiere its Expressions of America show next November, on Veterans Day 2022.
World War II-era ship played role in career of destroyer Kidd’s new commander
As a youngster, Matt Noland explored the USS Kidd Veterans Museum in Baton Rouge — and the World War II-era ship in his hometown played a part in his decision to follow a career in the Navy.
By Ellyn Couvillion, The (Baton Rouge, La.) Advocate via the AP
National WWI Museum and Memorial now has Great War GIFs for every occasion
Feeling happy? Mad? Sad? The museum’s got a GIF for that.
Navy pauses plan to move Wisconsin badger statue to Virginia museum
The U.S. Naval Academy loaned it to the state in 1988 and planned to move it to the nonprofit Nauticus Museum, where the second USS Wisconsin is berthed as an exhibit.
It’s Navy’s badger statue, but Wisconsin has grown attached
Navy officials want the statue they loaned to the state more than 30 years ago back. But state historians aren’t letting it go without a fight.
Museum to unveil papers that shed light on early years of ‘Old Ironsides,’ Navy
Included in the more than 150 documents are correspondence from President George Washington's secretary of war and the leader of the Haitian Revolution.
Here’s what you need to know about the new Army and Navy national museums
The Navy has unveiled plans for a new National Museum of the U.S. Navy in the nation’s capital, and the Army is poised to open its own national museum next month.
By Diana Stancy
Famed Iwo Jima flags at National Museum of the Marine Corps for 2 weeks as it reopens
The flags will be on display for only two weeks.
By Jared Morgan