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Kids Honor Veterans

Nov 12, 2019 | News

Inspired by Brevard’s Veterans Day Ceremony, Hailey Boone, age 10 (front row, left) and Cameron Threadgill, age 9 (front row, right), had the idea to create hand-made cards to thank veterans. They asked their uncle, Tyler Threadgill, a USMC veteran (back row, right),...

Veterans ��Ϲ�� Participates in Liberty, S.C. Ceremony to Honor Veterans

Nov 11, 2019 | News

Taking their “show on the road”, three volunteers from Brevard’s ��Ϲ�� participated in Liberty, South Carolina’s Veterans Day weekend event, “A Salute to Veterans: Honoring All Who Served”. In Liberty’s Pickens County Performing Arts...

U.S. Navy Careers: Nursing and Medical Officer

Nov 9, 2019 | News

On November 14 at 2:00 pm at the ��Ϲ��, LT Barbara Sterrenberg, U.S. Navy Medical Officer Recruiter, will present the free program, “U.S. Navy Careers and Recruiting”. LT Sterrenberg will use pictures and stories to demonstrate how...

Oskar Blues Honors Veterans and the ��Ϲ�� on Monday, Nov. 11, 2019

Nov 9, 2019 | News

Oskar Blues is brewing up a special beer to honor veterans! On Veterans Day, Monday, Nov. 11, Oskar Blues Brevard brewery will be tapping R.E.D. (Remember Everyone Deployed) Ale. For every beer sold, Oskar Blues will donate $1.00 to the Veterans History ��Ϲ��...

Sacred Heart Ladies Guild Tours ��Ϲ��

Nov 9, 2019 | News

Seventeen members of Sacred Heart Catholic Parish’s Ladies Guild attended a customized program and took a tour of the ��Ϲ�� on Nov. 7. November is “Women in the Military” month at the museum. The guild members met in a room where the...

Copelof Educates and Entertains

Nov 7, 2019 | News

A full-house audience learned the history of women in the military with Copelof's memorable stories and pictures On November 7, Maureen Copelof, Captain, U.S. Navy (Ret.) told entertaining stories depicting the progress women have fought for and achievements made in...

When Can We Jump Out of This Plane?

Oct 25, 2019 | News

Brevard’s Lieutenant Colonel Bill Clarke (U.S. Air Force, retired) visited 96-year-old Ray Pegram in Rutherfordton, NC to compare stories about flying in the WWII-era C-47 troop carrier. That plane became known as the “Gooney Bird” when it was used in Vietnam. Clarke...

WWII Army Nurse Dorothy Managan on Channel 13 tonight!

Oct 18, 2019 | News

As a kickoff to November's Women in the Military month, one of November's featured speakers (Thursday, Nov. 21 at 2:00 pm at the museum), Dorothy Managan, will be featured on October 18, 2019 between 5:45 and 6:00 pm on Asheville's WLOS Channel 13. Dorothy, a WWII...

Sacramento-to-Saigon in a Gooney Bird

Sep 17, 2019 | News

William David Clarke III, retired U.S. Air Force navigator, will present the free program: “Sacramento to Saigon in a Gooney Bird” on Thursday, September 26 at 2:00 pm at the ��Ϲ��. He will tell stories of his Pacific adventure:...