Hi All! We are looking forward to our first Tank Demo weekend here at AHM this Saturday and Sunday, May 15th & 16th. There will be several WWII tanks operating with accompanying historical narration. All three museums will be open. We will have two very special guests joining us. WWII veterans Alfred Consigli (Sherman gunner in Patton's Army) and Bill Purple (8th AF, 379th lead B-17 pilot) will be here to talk about their experiences during the day. Such an honor to have these guys with us. Hearing their stories is such a rarity and worth the trip alone! Look forward to seeing everyone this weekend.
2 days ago ·
Inside the Hatch Quiz! What tank or vehicle is this? Comment with your answer! #tanks #AmericanHeritageMuseum #militarymuseum #hudsonmass #hudsonma
1 week ago ·
Greetings All! Looking for a neat place to bring Mom for Mother's Day? Come to the American Heritage Museum! All Moms get in for free on Sunday, May 9th.
1 week ago ·
Restoration update on the WWI German 21 cm Mittlerer Minenwerfer - heavy trench mortar. Sandblasting finished and working on the wood spokes for the wheels. Paint soon to follow.
2 weeks ago ·
Current restoration project: WWI German 17 cm mittlerer Minenwerfer - heavy trench mortar. Once complete this will go next to the Panzer 1 tank in the War Clouds exhibit. Picture shows sandblasting in preparation for paint.
2 weeks ago ·
Vietnam War
ZPU-23 – RUS | ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN
M41 Walker Bulldog – USA | LIGHT TANK
M48 Patton – USA | TANK
PT-76 – RUS | AMPHIBIOUS TANK
The Vietnam War also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam, as the Resistance War Against America was a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The conflict was intensified by the ongoing Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. More than 3 million people (including over 58,000 Americans) were killed in the Vietnam War, and more than half of the dead were Vietnamese civilians. Opposition to the war in the United States bitterly divided Americans, even after President Richard Nixon ordered the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973. Communist forces ended the war by seizing control of South Vietnam in 1975, and the country was unified as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam the following year.
