Looking for something to do with the kids on Martin Luther King Jr. Day? Join us at the American Heritage Museum, open from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Monday, January 19th! Come celebrate and explore history with us! 🎉📚 #MLK #historymuseum #visitma
Get a glimpse inside the first tank a visitor experiences at the American Heritage Museum - the M1917 from World War I. The American M1917 was the U.S. licensed copy of the French Renault FT, a compact World War I tank that pioneered the classic turreted layout still used today. Small, light, and mechanically straightforward, it represented America’s earliest steps into armored warfare.![]()
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This tour takes you around the outside, touching on its surprisingly complex running gear, and the many differences from its French ancestor. We then go inside its tight crew compartment, showcasing the driver’s station, and the turret’s interesting weapon setup.![]()
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The American M1917 was the U.S. licensed copy of the French Renault FT, a compact World War I tank that pioneered the classic turreted layout still used toda...
- 2025 Photo Recap -![]()
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Here are a few of our favorite photos from the last year! Thank you so much to everyone who visited in 2025!![]()
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From all of us here at the American Heritage Museum, we wish you a very happy and safe new year! See you in 2026! 🥳 🎉![]()
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Photo credit to Matthew Ford, Keith Reid (@madbadger_aviationlens )
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IHI / AHM Speaker Series: “The Coming Storm: Another Great Power War?”
February 19, 2021 @ 12:00 pm, ending 1:30 pm
Virtual presentation by speakers:
Clinton Reach, Policy Analyst, RAND Corporation
Erik Goldstein, Professor of Intl. Relations and History, IHI Senior Fellow
Cathal J. Nolan, Professor of History and Director of the International History Institute.
Is the “Long Peace” that began in 1945 ending? Are we approaching yet another Great Power War? What issues and which players might wage the next major war? Can it be limited or will it go general (and nuclear)? Or will it become, like both world wars did, a long war of attrition that engages whole nations in destruction?
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM. Friday, February 19th
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 948 8683 6830
Passcode: 183322
