Emil A. Blackmore Museum now spotlighting chaplains, homefront war efforts.
In anticipation of the 100th anniversary of The American Legion, the Library and Museum Division is pleased to announce three newly designed exhibits in the Emil A. Blackmore Museum at National Headquarters in Indianapolis.
Culminating a year of planning and design, these new exhibits showcase several artifacts from the collection and offer visitors a new look at the wartime experience.
The new exhibits highlight three unique stories in U.S. and American Legion history. The exhibit on chaplains in the military honors the service of military chaplains and examines artifacts related to that service. The second case, on homefront scrap-collection drives during World War II, helps explain how recycled, everyday objects helped fight the Axis. While not a new exhibit theme, the exhibit on Pfc. Jessica Lynch's rescue is in a new exhibit case that offers a better presentation of the diorama.
The museum is free of charge and open to the public weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Questions can be directed to the division at library@legion.org.
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