by Commander | 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 Museum...
by Commander | Nov 9, 2019 | News
Seventeen members of Sacred Heart Catholic Parish’s Ladies Guild attended a customized program and took a tour of the Veterans History Museum of the Carolinas on Nov. 7. November is “Women in the Military” month at the museum. The guild members met in a room where the...
by Commander | 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...
by Commander | 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...
by Commander | 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....
by Commander | 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 Veterans History Museum of the Carolinas. He will tell stories of his Pacific adventure:...
