by Commander | Nov 11, 2019 | News
Taking their “show on the road”, three volunteers from Brevard’s Veterans History Museum of the Carolinas participated in Liberty, South Carolina’s Veterans Day weekend event, “A Salute to Veterans: Honoring All Who Served”. In Liberty’s Pickens County Performing Arts...
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 | 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:...
by Commander | Aug 17, 2019 | Living Histories
The Veterans History Museum of the Carolinas has the goals of honoring veterans, educating young and old, and preserving our proud history. Joni Pavlik, a museum volunteer, helps achieve these goals with her interview of a veteran and his story below. Bill Hudson grew...
by Commander | Jul 10, 2019 | News
On Wednesday, July 24, at 6:00 pm, the Veterans History Museum of the Carolinas will show the movie, Sink the Bismarck. Admission is free. It’s spring 1941. Great Britain is the only country in Europe yet to be defeated by the Nazi army, but all of that could...
