Issue # 3      "ON TRACK"         NEWSLETTER      July, 2006

Open turret days all Summer and Fall!

    Open turret days are back! The summer of 2006 will continue to inspire military history enthusiasts of all ages. This year we have special additions to the line up such as WWII reenactors and 1/6 scale dioramas. This year we have had additional help from Civil War reenactors, who put on one heck of a display. Come see them on the 29th of July!

Taste of Danbury September 9-10
    The Museum is participating in the Taste of Danbury this year, September 9th and 10th. The theme of this years Taste, is a “Salute to American Heroes both Past and Present”. On Saturday the Museum will have a special “Living History” day where historical reenactors will show visitors the uniforms and equipment of the American army though history. On Sunday we will run a gift shop and promotion booth on the Green on down town Danbury.

Vietnam memorial event.
    August 18th through 20th, the museum will be participation in the Vietnam wall memorial event in Madison CT. This is a unique chance to see a traveling replica of the famous wall. The museum will have artifacts on display and the Museum's M274 Mule will attend on Saturday August 19th.
 

Large Book Collection Donated

    The personal Collection of the late Harry Warfield, numbering over 6000 books, has been donated to the museum library. With a majority being military history titles, this will be a massive addition to our already considerable collection. It took volunteers over a dozen car loads over the period of a few weeks, to pick up the collection. Thanks to Mr. Warfield family's generosity we can safely say that we have a truly significant resource.  History scholars from great distances will seek access to this one of a kind collection of knowledge.  In the picture above, you see Museum Volunteer Nick Eliot, showing off a portion of the donation.

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