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