by Commander | 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...
by Commander | Apr 27, 2023 | News
Exhibit features Women in the Military. This is first in a series of five articles on new exhibits at the Veterans History Museum of the Carolinas: Women in the Military, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marines, and U.S. Navy. A “bigger” way to...
by Commander | Apr 2, 2023 | News
Student/Scout/JROTC Cadet/Pathfinder Meets Vietnam Veteran Lake Cochran is a Brevard High senior and a USMC JROTC cadet. Also a member of Boy Scout Troop 703 in Brevard, he is very close to earning his Eagle Scout badge. His Eagle project was to build a biking and...
by Michel Robertson | Mar 31, 2023 | News
Let them Eat Cake! Honoring Vietnam era Veterans on National Vietnam War Veterans Day Vietnam era veterans and family members gathered at the Veterans History Museum for coffee, cake, and conversation on March 29, National Vietnam War Veterans Day. The museum’s...
by Michel Robertson | Mar 22, 2023 | News
Warrior Canine Connection (WCC) – recovering veterans in a mission of training future service dogs Every week, Labrador and Golden Retrievers are changing the lives of veterans with visible and invisible wounds at Asheville and Hendersonville area training...
by Janis | Mar 19, 2023 | News
N.C. Nurse Honor Guard’s ceremony The N.C. Nurse Honor Guard’s ceremony to honor the service of WWII Army Nurse Dorothy Managan, now 100 years old was the occasion for two women to meet. A Hawaiian baby girl living on Oahu during the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941...
