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Quilts of Valor presented to Mayor Jimmy Harris and General Joe Taluto

Aug 19, 2020 | News

On August 12, 2020, the ��Ϲ�� and the Blue Ridge Chapter of the Quilts of Valor shared the courthouse gazebo to honor two veterans who selflessly served our country. The event was attended by immediate family and museum volunteers....

Korean War Veteran Receives Quilt of Valor on July 27, 2020

Aug 19, 2020 | News

Korean War Veteran Charles Holden In Brevard on Monday, July 27, 2020 a-long awaited moment arrived for Transylvania County native and Korean War Veteran Charles Holden arrived. It was also the 67th anniversary of the armistice that ended hostilities in the Korean...

The ��Ϲ�� receives $10,000 grant

Jul 27, 2020 | News

Striking a pose in front of the museum, Board members Michel Robertson and Ken Corn join nine other directors in their appreciation of the NC Humanities Council’s Humanities Relief Grant.$10,000 Grant The ��Ϲ�� (VHMC) is a small gem...

Korean War Veteran Bill Lack: “It was the world trying to stop Communism.”

Jul 21, 2020 | News

Story and photos by WLOS-TV photojournalist Ken Corn 2020 marks the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War. On June 25th, the Korean War Veterans Association held a ceremony at the Korean War memorial monument on the square of the Historical Courthouse...

Humor in Uniform

Jul 21, 2020 | Living Histories

Vietnam was brutal and scarring for its warriors While interviewing more than 30 Vietnam War veterans, I listened to stories poignant, harsh, and tragic. Like all wars, Vietnam was brutal and scarring for its warriors. Yet, these combatants occasionally laughed at...

Sandy Groendyke B-17 Bomber pilot WWII story. German Prison Camp Survivor

Jul 6, 2020 | Living Histories

Sandy Groendyke joined the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943 Sandy Groendyke joined the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943 and served as a B-17 Bomber pilot in Europe. After his plane was hit and was forced to land, he was captured and held in a German prison camp for nine...

George

Jun 15, 2020 | Living Histories

GEORGE By Carl Burkhart George was thirty-seven years old when he went to prison. But that was okay…it meant that he was probably coming home. The prison’s name was Stalag 12B.A few months before his incarceration, although I was only four years oldI remember looking...

Women’s Military History Comes Alive by Elizabeth Bailey

Jun 14, 2020 | News

Master’s Thesis on Women and Military History As a graduate student at Appalachian State University, I am pursuing a Master of Arts in History with a concentration in Public History. I have focused my graduate studies on American women’s history combined with military...

WWII Veteran Dorothy Schieve Served in England and France

Jun 14, 2020 | Living Histories

Dorothy tells her story Dorothy Wilson Schieve joined the Army at age 18, in April, 1942. She served in England and was working in Paris during its liberation. She was discharged in May, 1945. “I was born in Van, Texas, but my family moved east for an oil drilling...