Still heading home, but it is a Monday when most museums are closed. Where could we stop for a break?
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| US Army Heritage & Education Center is primarily to hold archives and artifacts, and for research; however the extensive Visitor Center (2009-2011) is open to the public |
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| D-Day sculpture group titled Liberation Point (2025, by ART Research Enterprises) includes the names of all the beaches involved and an anti-tank static obstacle, nicknamed the Czech hedgehog, that were scattered all along the beaches in Normandy |
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| Another view of Liberation Point to see the soldiers |
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| We each chose a dog tag on plastic card with a computer chip |
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| My soldier, Anton H Schroeter, fought in the Spanish- American War, declared after the sinking of the USS Maine during the "intervention" by the United States to help Cuba win independence from Spain |
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| Kent's dog tag |
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| Kent's soldier was Walter A Owens, who fought in Vietnam |
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| Photo albums covered with Army camouflage shirts held copies of letters from soldiers |
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| Compared to soldiers of today, in the Spanish-American War they only carried a canteen for water, and food, blanket, possibly a poncho, and ammunition in a knapsack |
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| French Renault FT-17 light tank, used by US troops in World War I, was the first with a fully rotating turret |
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| Because of raw material shortages for military production, civilians and even school children were encouraged to collect metal scrap during World War II |
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| Kent guides his parachute to the landing site through flares and exploding bombs; we also had the opportunity to test marksmanship at the digital shooting range and experience a night attack during the Korean War |
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| Replica of Stuart's Tavern (Carlisle, PA) in 1778, which provided essential lodging, supplies, and meeting spaces for the Continental cause, before there was a United States |
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| Pickelhaube/spiked helmet worn by the Imperial German Army during World War I |
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| Solid Shot that supposedly deflected off the CSS Virginia during the Civil War; in 1861 the US Navy had burned and sank the USS Merrimack to avoid capture, but the Confederacy was desperate for ships and raised the hull to build the iron-clad CSS Virginia, which fought against the iron-clad USS Monitor in 1862 |
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| Montagnard Crossbow, Quiver and Bolts, a traditional weapon used by indigenous hill tribes in Vietnam; these Montagnard people allied with South Vietnam and the US |
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| Shadow Box of Insignia and Patches of Staff Sergeant Richard Falvey, who fought in World War II |
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| Flag of Shippensburg Volunteer Troop of Horse, a local militia group that was active during the American Revolution and the early Federalist era, notably serving during the Whiskey Rebellion |
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| US Army M109 A5 self-propelled howitzer saw active service in the Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm) and the Iraq War (Operation Iraqi Freedom) |
