Garst Museum…
WWII: The Way It Was
Saturday,
November 12, 2011, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM: The Garst Museum. Greenville.
Ohio will host a tribute to WWII veterans and their families with an
interactive, reenacted tour through the “GI Experience of WWII”.
What happened after a young man received a draft notice in WWII? Now
you can get a first hand idea of what it was like by visiting the Garst
Museum’s recreation of the memories of the American GI’s WWII
experience. This educational experience will be enacted by “Third
Platoon WWII Reenactors.
Visitors will see the Draft/Enlistment station where they will be given
information on the politics, social issues, and motivations for those
who served.
The Training Station will show the issue clothing, footlocker displays,
some marching drill and a chance to talk to an “instructor” who will
inform and interact with his “trainees”.
Women’s roles, both military and with home front organizations will be
reenacted. Headquarters operations and the running of a company,
medical corp and finally the discharge and the journey home will be
part of the visitor’s experience.
The individual members of Third Platoon are knowledgeable historians
who maintain personal collections of militaria and artifacts. When
combined, these personal collections become an interactive display for
the purpose of educating the public about many aspects of the WWII
military and home front experience.”
Admission to World War II: The Way It Was event is free. However,
regular admission will apply to tour the rest of the museum. World War
II: The Way It Was will be hosted in the Lowell Thomas Meeting Room at
the Garst Museum.
Any veteran who brings a photo showing them in uniform will receive
free admission for themselves and their immediate family to tour the
entire museum!
Support for this event comes from the Stephen’s Foundation.
The Garst Museum is located at:
205 N. Broadway, Greenville, OH 45331
937-548-5250
web site:
www.garstmuseum.org
email: information@garstmuseum.org
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