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American Revolutionary War museums in Virginia (1 P) Pages in category "Military and war museums in Virginia" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
A military museum or war museum is an institution dedicated to the preservation and education of the significance of wars, conflicts, and military actions. These museums serve as repositories of artifacts (not least weapons), documents, photographs, and other memorabilia related to the military and war.
Virginia: Norfolk: Hampton Roads Naval Museum: Archived 2015-07-17 at the Wayback Machine: Y Virginia: Portsmouth: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum: Y Virginia: Quantico: National Museum of the Marine Corps: Archived 2006-05-02 at the Wayback Machine: Virginia: Reedville: Reedville Fisherman's Museum: Y Virginia: Virginia Beach
19th-century period boyhood home of R.J. Reynolds, operated by Virginia Tech: Richmond County Museum: Warsaw: Richmond: Chesapeake Bay: Local history: website: Richmond National Battlefield Park: Richmond: Richmond: Central: Civil War: Commemorates over 30 American Civil War sites around Richmond Richmond Railroad Museum: Richmond: Richmond ...
Veterans Memorial Building (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) Veterans Memorial Park (Bay City, Michigan) Veterans Memorial Park (Beaverton, Oregon) Veterans Memorial Park (Davenport, Iowa) Veterans Memorial Park (Port St. Lucie, Florida) Veterans Memorial Tollway; Veterans Memorial Wall; Veterans War Memorial of Texas; The Victorious Charge; Victory Eagle
In June 1781, the French Army departed Newport and marched with Washington to Yorktown, Va., where they trapped British forces under Lord Charles Cornwallis with the decisive assistance of the ...
The Virginia War Museum was founded in 1923 by the Braxton-Perkins Post #25 of the American Legion as the American Legion Memorial Museum of Virginia. [1] From 1923 to 1941, this "museum" existed as a "series of exhibits... housed and displayed in such public locations as were available," with no permanent structure or staff. [2]
During the 1980s, the city of Norfolk invited the museum to relocate to a new downtown maritime center. The Navy accepted the offer, and in 1994 the Hampton Roads Naval Museum opened in the Nauticus National Maritime Center. With the move, the museum's exhibit space increased significantly, while also increasing the number of educational ...