New rubber on the M4 Sherman road wheels! Getting the tank ready for driving instruction and WWII Tank Demo Weekend - May 27th & 28th www.americanheritagemuseum.org/event/tank-demonstration-weekend-may-2023/
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March 21st - Rosie the Riveter Day! Read this interesting article on women in the workforce from WWII onward: www.americanheritagemuseum.org/2023/03/rosie-the-riveter-day-march-21st/
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This Saturday is M1 Abrams day! Join us at the American Heritage Museum for a in-depth talk about America's main heavy tank with Mike Manougian, a docent at the American Heritage Museum. He has recent experience in the US Army and as an Abrams tank company commander. He will discuss the history of the Abrams tank, its capabilities, tactical employment, and lessons learned from recent wars. Mike will also talk about his own experience as Commander of a tank company. 2 PM to 3:30 PM. No reservations needed. See: www.americanheritagemuseum.org/event/ahm-presentation-history-of-the-abrams-tank/
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Mark your calendars! This Saturday, February 25th, 2 PM to 3:30 PM, we will host a special presentation on the M1A1 Abrams tank with Mike Manougian, Abrams tanks Company Commander. Mike will discuss the history of the Abrams tank, its capabilities, tactical employment, and lessons learned from recent wars. He will also talk about his own experience as Commander of a tank company. No reservations needed. More information see: www.americanheritagemuseum.org/event/ahm-presentation-history-of-the-abrams-tank/
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Tomorrow, Friday, February 17th, from 2 PM to 3 PM, we will have author John Magnarelli talk about his book "11B10 - Memories of a Light Weapons Infantryman in Vietnam." Excellent opportunity to hear about Mr. Magnarelli's experiences as a soldier in the Vietnam War and see the new Hanoi Hilton exhibit. See: www.americanheritagemuseum.org/event/speaker-series-11b10-memories-of-a-light-weapons-infantryman...
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Arsenal of Democracy
M4A1 Sherman (Grizzly) – USA | TANK
Sherman Turret Trainer – USA | TURRET TRAINER
1942 Buick Super (Front) – USA | CIVILIAN AUTOMOBILE
During the Second World War, “Arsenal of Democracy” was the slogan used by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a radio broadcast delivered on December 29th, 1940 to signal that the then still neutral United States would use all its immense industrial capacity to build the weapons of war needed by the last struggling democracies to save themselves, and the idea of democracy itself, from the threat of conquest by fascism and militarism in Europe and Asia.
Immediately after the United States entered WWII, our entire industrial infrastructure changed exclusively to support the war effort. All companies, large and small changed their production. A good example is the automobile industry. Ford focused a lot of their production on aircraft, primarily the B-24 Liberators – that became the most massed produced aircraft in American History. Cadillac made many components and engines for tanks and armored vehicles. Buick stopped all civilian car production and switched to making engines for the Liberators as well as armored vehicles, and tanks. Buick went on to make over 74,000 radial engines for the B-24, 2,000 M18 Hellcat tank destroyers, 600 M-39 tanks, over 19,000 M4, M10 and M26 power trains, over 2 million cartridge cases and more.
By the end of the war, U.S. industry was by itself out producing all the Axis countries combined. American trucks, tanks and aircraft were also supplied to Allied nations, from Canada to Britain to the Red Army of the Soviet Union. The Arsenal of Democracy exhibit highlights the phenomenal American industrial effort throughout WWII.
