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Camp Hearne, Hearne, TX
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Camp Hearne

Camp Hearne is a museum in Hearne, TX, part of the Brazos Trail Region guide. Cost: free.

12424 Camp Hearne Road · Hearne, TX

Why you should go…

Camp Hearne was one of the largest World War II prisoner-of-war camps in the United States, holding more than 4,800 German POWs from 1943 to 1945. Friends of Camp Hearne, a nonprofit organization, opened a visitor center and exhibit at the historic site in 2010, featuring camp ruins, a replica barracks and hundreds of excavated and donated POW artifacts. The site is open Wednesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and admission is free, with donations welcomed.

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