Thursday October 19 2018 at 5:30 PM at the Emporium VFW - featuring Steve Appleby, Director of the Eldred World War II Museum.
If you are a World War II enthusiast, a Veteran of the war, or just want to learn more about this war, this is a program you will want to attend.
Appleby's WWII presentation will include artifacts from many collections in the museum emphasizing on what these men used and carried as they risked their lives. The museum carries a personal theme of what those of this incredible war fought endured resonates throughout the museum and through Appleby himself.
Appleby enlisted in the US Army after high school serving in the infantry and Special Forces until he retired a few years ago. The personal aspect behind these amazing men has been a strong passion of Appleby's since childhood and has remained important to him enough that he has become a foremost historian on this hard fought war.
Check out the museums website at http://eldredpawwiimuseum.com/ and discover why there is a World War II Museum in Eldred. Learn what the museum has to offer in its unique exhibits about World War II and the Robert A Anderson Library within the gallery that includes rare and out of print books and so much.
Appleby will give you insight as to why "The museum could quite literally have been picked up from Washington, D.C. alongside any of the other Smithsonian's buildings and been dropped here overnight."– Fox News
Don't miss this event at the VFW in Emporium "honoring our vets" Thursday October 19, 2018 at 5:30 PM sponsored by the Cameron County Historical Society RSVP 486-4314 by Friday October 12, 2018
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