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![]() Circa 1958: The Building is up for sale |
A BIT OF THE BUILDING'S HISTORY>It served as N.S.Hillyard Vocational-Technical school during 1941-1943 In the 1950's, the U.S.Marine Corps Reserve 4th 105 Howitzer occupied the building A some point in time between 1970 & 1980, Canteen was located in the building Frank Flesher purchased the building in 1989 and collected items for the museum Frank Flesher was the first National Heritage Military Museum director Since the passing of Frank Flesher, it is currently operated by 3 board members The National Heritage Military Museum Society now owns the main building The National Heritage Military Museum Society members operate the museum Any U.S. Military Veteran can become a board member, provided they are accepted The cost of becoming and remaining a board member is $25 per year The site has 3 buildings, the main building, a building to the north and one across 7th street The other 2 buildings are used mostly for storage It is unknown at this time who actually now owns the other 2 buildings
Some years ago, a local model railroad club had a large HO scale (1/35th Scale) model train layout with a military theme on the main floor but it no longer exists Located around the building's exterior there are several military helicopters and cannons The historic police station building got an exterior facelift when it became the National Military Heritage Museum The museum's supporters dedicated the building to "remembering our heroes" and honoring all of the nation's military branches |
![]() THE GUIDED TOURTour days: Monday - Friday Military Veterans may take the tour free of charge Adults are $3.00, children ages 12 and under are $2.00 The tour begins at the front door, the building's history is explained The tour continues all around the main floor, finally entering the WWI room In the WWI room, visitors are allowed to travel through the 20 foot WWI trench The tour continues back to the main room and up 2 flights of stairs to the 2nd floor At the landing, half way up, there are some photographs on the walls On the 2nd floor, the tour continues by entering 9 different rooms Each room is dedicated to various war artifacts related to it's era Rooms include, World War II (2), Korean War Room, Memorial Room, Viet Nam Room, Desert Storm Room, Iraq Room, Women's military room and the Hall which is covered from one end to the other with Civil War and some of Viet Nam displays |
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MOST OF THESE DIORAMAS ARE NO LONGER DISPLAYED |
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