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WWI Trench Art

Aug 14, 2023 | Artifacts

WWI trench art a form of art created by soldiers during WWI WWI trench art refers to a form of art created by soldiers during World War I, particularly those who served in the trenches on the Western Front. Trenches were the complex networks of fortifications and...

Stories of Marines in WWII-Pacific

Jun 27, 2023 | Guest Speaker Program

Pogiebait’s War On July 29, Jack H. (“Nick”) McCall Jr. will talk about his book, Pogiebait’s War, chronicling the story of his father’s journey from a small town in Tennessee to World War II combat service with the US Marines in the vast Pacific from Guadalcanal and...

Veterans Offer Thoughts About Honoring Those We’ve Lost

May 30, 2023 | News

WSPA-TV Interviews ��Ϲ�� Volunteers WSPA-TV from Spartanburg took the opportunity to honor veterans during day one of Brevard’s White Squirrel Weekend. United States Air Force Veterans Art Cole, Ed Cottrell, and Jim Schenfield were...

��Ϲ�� and Church Honor National Guard Unit’s Deployment

May 21, 2023 | News

Deploying to the Middle East After learning that the Brevard National Guard Reserves Unit 3rd Platoon, 812th AG Company is deploying to the Middle East for one year, the Veterans History ��Ϲ�� and Anchor Baptist Church teamed up to show their appreciation by throwing...

Wings of War – P-51 Mustang Fighter

May 12, 2023 | Guest Speaker Program

The Story of the P-51 Mustang Fighter From its Design to Combat Over Europe David Fairbank White and Margaret Stanback White, authors of Wings of War, will talk about their book chronicling the story of the famed World War II P-51 Mustang, which allowed the allies to...

High School Aviation Students Learn History from WWII Fighter Pilot

May 12, 2023 | News

WWII P-47 Pilot Ed Cottrell describes his harrowing experiences during the Battle of the Bulge. Fifteen aviation students from Arden’s Christ School and their instructors listened intently as WWII P-47 Pilot Ed Cottrell described his harrowing experiences during the...

How the American Front First Saw D-Day

May 10, 2023 | Guest Speaker Program

By Mike Bazinet Greg Wilsbacher, Ph.D., a University of South Carolina faculty librarian and curator of the famous Fox Movietone News Collection housed there, will present a muti-media program, How the American ��Ϲ��front First Saw D-Day on June 5 at 2 p.m. at the...

��Ϲ�� Exhibit Honors Women in the Military

Apr 27, 2023 | News

Exhibit features Women in the Military. This is first in a series of five articles on new exhibits at the ��Ϲ��: Women in the Military, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marines, and U.S. Navy.A "bigger" way to honor women who...

It came without warning.

Apr 27, 2023 | Living Histories

It Came Without Warning By Tech. Sgt. Brian Christiansen, USAF (Ret.)April 27, 2011 – Kabul, Afghanistan My office sits behind a 60-person auditorium on the second floor of what looks like an old hanger. Our office could have been a projection room and storage area...