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The National Veterans Memorial and Museum ( NVMM) is the United States' national museum for veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces. The museum is located in Columbus, Ohio, along the Scioto River between Franklinton and Downtown Columbus. The museum's main focus is on the personal stories of U.S. veterans, in contrast to other war museums that are ...
The history of The American Legion, a U.S. war veterans' organization headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, began in Paris, France, March 15 to 17, 1919, by a thousand commissioned officers and enlisted men, delegates from all the units of the American Expeditionary Forces to an organization caucus meeting, which adopted a tentative constitution and selected the name "American Legion."
Columbus, Ohio, United States. Coordinates. 39°57′49.5″N 83°0′21.1″W. / 39.963750°N 83.005861°W / 39.963750; -83.005861. The Spanish–American War Memorial (also known as Memorial to National Auxiliary United Spanish War Veterans, or simply Memorial to Spanish War Veterans) is a 1937 memorial commemorating veterans of the ...
June 6, 2024 at 6:36 AM. On this day 80 years ago, Allied forces came by sea, by plane and by parachute to liberate western Europe from Nazi Germany in the largest seaborne invasion in history ...
Ohio members of the Grand Army of the Republic took up that challenge, and, through a donation of 100 acres by a Xenia farmer, created the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home. This institution was the predecessor of the Ohio Veterans' Children's Home. In 1870, the State of Ohio assumed control of the home.
Distinguished Service Cross. Frederick William Galbraith, Jr. (May 6, 1874 – June 9, 1921) was the second national commander of The American Legion from 1920 to 1921. He was a highly decorated World War I veteran who was instrumental in helping to make the Legion the largest and most powerful war veterans' association in the United States.
Gannett. Samantha Whidden, Ashland Times-Gazette. November 11, 2023 at 2:59 PM. Veterans of all wars and community members were invited to attend a special Veterans Day service on Saturday at the ...
Ohio soldiers since World War II, including future troops. Ohio Veterans Plaza is a memorial on the east side of the Ohio Statehouse grounds, in Columbus, Ohio, United States, commemorating "Ohio men and women who have served our country since World War II, as well as those who will serve in the future". Designed by John Schooley, the plaza ...