Soldiers Memorial Military Museum shares American military history through the lens of St. Louis, from the pre-Revolutionary War era to today. This state-of-the-art museum is housed in a beautiful art-deco building. Outside, the Court of Honor includes monuments to those who lost their lives in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam.
The special exhibit currently on view is Vietnam: At War and At Home, which examines the era between 1955 and 1975 through two distinct viewpoints, the war front and the home front. These separate but parallel storylines allow visitors to experience the physical and emotional distance between Southeast Asia and St. Louis, examine the war’s impacts, and evaluate the conflict’s legacies.
Soldiers Memorial officially opened on Memorial Day in 1938. It features four monumental groups of sculptures by artisan Walker Hancock that represent courage, loyalty, sacrifice, and vision. Hancock, a native St. Louisan, served in the US Army in World War II but is perhaps best known for being one of the Monuments Men, the group tasked with protecting and recovering cultural and historical artifacts from wartime damage.
Soldiers Memorial Military Museum shares American military history through the lens of St. Louis, from the pre-Revolutionary War era to today. This state-of-the-art museum is housed in a beautiful art-deco building. Outside, the Court of Honor includes monuments to those who lost their lives in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam.
The special exhibit currently on view is Vietnam: At War and At Home, which examines the era between 1955 and 1975 through two distinct viewpoints, the war front and the home front. These separate but parallel storylines allow visitors to experience the physical and emotional distance between Southeast Asia and St. Louis, examine the war’s impacts, and evaluate the conflict’s legacies.
Soldiers Memorial officially opened on Memorial Day in 1938. It features four monumental groups of sculptures by artisan Walker Hancock that represent courage, loyalty, sacrifice, and vision. Hancock, a native St. Louisan, served in the US Army in World War II but is perhaps best known for being one of the Monuments Men, the group tasked with protecting and recovering cultural and historical artifacts from wartime damage.
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Soldiers Memorial Military Museum shares American military history through the lens of St. Louis, from the pre-Revolutionary War era to today. This state-of-the-art museum is housed in a beautiful art-deco building. Outside, the Court of Honor includes monuments to those who lost their lives in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam.
The special exhibit currently on view is Vietnam: At War and At Home, which examines the era between 1955 and 1975 through two distinct viewpoints, the war front and the home front. These separate but parallel storylines allow visitors to experience the physical and emotional distance between Southeast Asia and St. Louis, examine the war’s impacts, and evaluate the conflict’s legacies.
Soldiers Memorial officially opened on Memorial Day in 1938. It features four monumental groups of sculptures by artisan Walker Hancock that represent courage, loyalty, sacrifice, and vision. Hancock, a native St. Louisan, served in the US Army in World War II but is perhaps best known for being one of the Monuments Men, the group tasked with protecting and recovering cultural and historical artifacts from wartime damage.
This exhibit sheds light, encourages discussion, and sparks discoveries about an increasingly unpopular war and the journey of return and recovery for the men and women who fought it. Through authentic objects, arresting images, engaging film, meaningful music, powerful prose and first-hand accounts, visitors gain new insights into one of America’s most challenging eras.
The exhibit is being created by Teens Make History, a work-based learning program for local high school students.
Veteran homelessness is a complex issue, and signs of homelessness can often go unnoticed by the general public. By exploring the factors that lead to veteran homelessness, this exhibit will challenge common misconceptions and highlight steps that can be taken to tackle this important issue.
This exhibit sheds light, encourages discussion, and sparks discoveries about an increasingly unpopular war and the journey of return and recovery for the men and women who fought it. Through authentic objects, arresting images, engaging film, meaningful music, powerful prose and first-hand accounts, visitors gain new insights into one of America’s most challenging eras.
This exhibit sheds light, encourages discu
This exhibit sheds light, encourages discussion, and sparks discoveries about an increasingly unpopular war and the journey of return and recovery for the men and women who fought it. Through authentic objects, arresting images, engaging film, meaningful music, powerful prose and first-hand accounts, visitors gain new insights into one of America’s most challenging eras.
The exhibit is being created by Teens Make History, a work-based learning program for local high school students.
Veteran homelessness is a complex issue, and signs of homelessness can often go unnoticed by the general public. By exploring the factors that lead to veteran homelessness, this exhibit will challenge common misconceptions and highlight steps that can be taken to tackle this important issue.
The exhibit is being created by Teens
The exhibit is being created by Teens Make History, a work-based learning program for local high school students.
Veteran homelessness is a complex issue, and signs of homelessness can often go unnoticed by the general public. By exploring the factors that lead to veteran homelessness, this exhibit will challenge common misconceptions and highlight steps that can be taken to tackle this important issue.