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Veteran’s Day

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Ann

To celebrate Veteran’s Day this year, we took part in the Minnewaska Area Schools’ annual Veteran’s Day event. Several of our uniforms were taken out of storage and worn by student volunteers in a Uniform Parade. The uniforms spanned from … Continue reading →

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Open House a Success

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Ann

Response to the new Military Exhibit has been overwhelming. We had over 150 visitors on Wednesday for the open house and another 420 visitors Thursday through Saturday! That is almost 600 visitors in 4 days! It is great to have … Continue reading →

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Photos going up

Posted on June 30, 2010 by popecountymuseum

The third of 6 panels has all the portraits! So we are half-way done hanging the portraits! There is left space on each panel for bigger pictures and extra stories. Once those items are added, we can start mounting the … Continue reading →

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Veteran / Military wall progress

Posted on June 29, 2010 by popecountymuseum

All 1500 images have been scanned. Most have been re-sized to print. Each soldier’s name is being printed right on the photo. Phyllis is working hard to get each photo ready to print.  The printer is humming along next to … Continue reading →

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Veteran Project – Getting closer

Posted on June 25, 2010 by popecountymuseum

Our Military project is nearing completion. All the photo editing is done, and most of the photos are printed and trimmed. Today I started adding the gold stars on the photos of those who died while in service. Some of … Continue reading →

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