Hi everyone! Are you a military or first responder family with a veteran father and son or daughter who have served or are currently serving in the Armed Forces or as a First Responder who are planning to visit the museum this weekend for Father's Day? If so, we'd like to hear from you! Email us at admin@americanheritagemuseum.org or comment here!![]()
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The answer to the “What is it? Wednesday” question from June 4th is the fuselage fuel tank cap on our P-40B Tomahawk! Have you ever fueled up a plane?![]()
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Stay tuned for the next “What is it? Wednesday” question tomorrow, June 11 at 10:00 am EST!![]()
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What is your favorite Heavy Machine Gun of all time?![]()
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Join the conversation and share your thoughts! 💭 Each week, We're posing a question about historical military vehicles, and we want YOU to weigh in. Whether you’re a history buff, or just curious—we want to hear your thoughts! Leave a comment below to cast your vote! 👇![]()
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A Special What-Is-It-Wednesday Challenge - WITH A PRIZE! Read the full post to learn how to win!![]()
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The Instagram post at www.instagram.com/p/DKfMugZPYP4/ has three picture clues to a NEW artifact that will be going on display in the American Heritage Museum within the coming month and we want your guess! Do the following before 11:59 pm Eastern on June 10th to be entered to win a one-year Participating Membership to the American Heritage Museum and maybe a T-Shirt of your choice! Here's what you need to do!![]()
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1) If you aren't already doing it, follow the American Heritage Museum on Instagram (@americanheritagemuseum)![]()
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2) Make your guess on what you think it is in the comments on the post at: www.instagram.com/p/DKfMugZPYP4/ (any guess will do, just comment!)![]()
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3) And "Like" the post at www.instagram.com/p/DKfMugZPYP4/![]()
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Once you do ALL THREE, we will randomly draw a name from the likes and comments on Instagram and the winner will get the one-year Participating Membership! If it's a correct answer, the winner will also get an AHM T-Shirt of their choice!![]()
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Hurry! The drawing ends June 10th!
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Here is this week’s challenge for “What is it Wednesday?” - What is it?! ![]()
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Thanks to everyone who played last week… the answer for May 28th is an access panel on our M39 Armored Utility Carrier… see the previous post for the full details!![]()
Good luck on this week’s challenge! ![]()
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Speaker Series: The Party Dolls – Escape from the Zoo Annex – Vietnam POW Story
July 5 @ 1:00 pm, ending 2:30 pm
Free with standard museum admission
Join us on Saturday, July 5th, 1pm to 2:30pm, for an engaging talk by award winning author George Hayward on his book The Party Dolls.
On 10 May 1969, two American prisoners of war escaped from a brutal Hanoi prison camp called the Annex. Their story is one of incredible bravery against the longest of odds. It’s also one of bitter conflict. Air Force Captains John Dramesi and Ed Atterberry escaped with help from their fellow prisoners, but that help was not given freely. The suffering it brought killed Atterberry, and scarred others for life.
Photo: John Dramesi on the left, AHM’s Hanoi Hilton Exhibit center, Ed Atterberry on the right.
THE PARTY DOLLS is the riveting, award-winning* true Vietnam War story of a failed escape code-named “the Party,” told by the former POWs who planned it. Author and former Air Force journalist George Hayward wrote it based on interviews he did between 1995 and 2002 with those POWs, and never released until this book. This is the most detailed account ever released of a heroic yet divisive—and little-known—episode from a divisive American conflict.
*2021 winner for Nonfiction Military History, Best Indie Book Awards® (BIBA®) and 2022 winner Military Nonfiction, Independent Press Awards.
