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Time sure does fly when you‘re busy! It
seems that we were celebrating the holidays
just yesterday, and yet here we are on the
verge of summer. Needless to say the
museum has been extraordinarily active
during the first five months of the year.
In February the Texas Military Forces
Historical Foundation staged its first major
fund raising event in support of the
museum. The ―As Time Goes By‖ Valentines
Dinner/Dance was a huge success. The
event sold out, the music – provided by the
Sentimental Journey Orchestra under the
direction of Ted Connerly – was fantastic,
the food was great and everyone had a
wonderful time. More importantly over
$20,000 was raised at the event, with
$3,400 of it earmarked for the War on
Terror exhibit the museum is currently
constructing.
A big thank you has to go out to all the
volunteers and staff who pulled off this very
special evening, and especially to Linda
Joseph, Bill and Tracie McMeans, Tim Weitz,
Scott Swenson, Chris Hunt, Al Lloyd, Mark
Hobbs, R.G. Gates III, Bill Harris and
members of the museum‘s living history
detachment, for everything they did before,
during and after the dance.
No sooner did February fade away than
the museum was asked to support the
change of command ceremony for the new
adjutant general – Major General John F.
Nichols. Our part in the program was to
provide our M3 Halftrack and a crew to drive
MG Nicholas and his predecessor – Major
General Jose Mayorga – during their review
of the troops at the ceremony. This was a
big honor and we were delighted to be part
of such an important occasion.
Throughout the first six months of the
year, we worked steadily on our new Texian
Revolution exhibit, which was finally
completed in early April. By far this is one of
the best exhibits we have put together. For
the first time the entire story of the
revolution is being presented in the
museum. In addition we‘ve just finished a
new exhibit on the Cold War and the role of
the Texas Military Forces in NATO missions.
The innovative exhibit designs, including the
graphic and text panels, seen in these new
displays, highlight the style and concepts of
future exhibits already on the drawing
board.
The living history detachment has been
very active, being in the field almost
constantly throughout the spring. The men
and women of the detachment truly outdid
themselves during this year‘s Muster Day/
American Heroes event! In addition to
participating in the Museum of the American
G.I. open house and battle reenactment last
March, they put on an outstanding
performance at the Central Texas Air Show
in May. Right now they are preparing for the
Memorial Day weekend Close Assault 1944
program as well as a living history and
weapons firing display at the Audie Murphy
Museum in Greenwood, Texas this June. On
July 4, you‘ll be able to see them in Elgin as
part of the city‘s Independence Day
celebration.
Speaking of Muster Day, for once the
weather was absolutely perfect for the
event. More than 16,000 people attended
and the crowds at the World War II battle
reenactment were the largest in event
history. The reenactment itself was also
larger than anything we‘ve done in the past.
Focusing on the week-long fight around
Montelimar in August 1944, more than 150
reenactors recreated the struggle by the
The Director’s Corner by Jeff Hunt
Inside this issue:
Exhibits Report
Gates‘ Honored
Graphic Arts Report
Deputy Director‘s Report
Valentines Dinner Dance Photos
Muster Day Photos
Temple Air Show Photos
New Exhibits
Special Guests Visit the Museum
Foundation News
Gift Shop Clothing
Announcements
Memorials/ Life Members
Upcoming Events
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Volunteers of the Quarter: Abigail Nersesian and Jessica Higgins
Abigail (left) and Jessica (right) are fairly
new volunteers but they have made a big
impact in a short time. They have been
working in the library and archives and they
have cleared our backlog of over 300
uncataloged library books! They are
beginning to work on switching all the books
over to the Library of Congress catalog
system. In addition it was Jessica who
discovered our leak in the library ceiling and
she and Abigail worked tirelessly for over 3
hours helping us save the books from water
damage.
Abigail is a second year graduate
student at The University of Texas at Austin's
School of Information. She holds a Bachelor
of the Arts in History from Arizona State
University. She is an avid reader, gardener
and a collector of vintage aprons. She
resides in Pflugerville with her husband, four
dogs and two cats.
Jessica was a double major in English
and Linguistics at the University of Florida.
In addition she was awarded a Fulbright
scholarship to teach English in Hong Kong.
Currently she is a Masters of Science in
Information Studies candidate at the School
of Information, University of Texas at Austin.
Volume XXIV, Issue 2 Spring 2011
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QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER Spring 2011
36th Infantry Division to cut off the retreat of
the German 19th Army from Southern
France. The Texas Military Forces, the
Museum and the Foundation went all out to
stage this event – bringing in two Sherman
tanks, a Stuart tank, German halftrack and
M8 Armored Car to reinforce the museum‘s
own stable of operational WWII vehicles.
The Centex Wing of the Commemorative Air
Force flew two of their warbirds over the
battlefield, which, in addition to professional
pyrotechnics, made for the most dramatic
and dynamic battle we‘ve ever staged.
This effort was supplemented by the
outstanding interpretation living historians of
other time periods – Vietnam, World War I,
the Texas Revolution, Civil War and Punitive
Expedition – put forward. As is always the
case, the comments and reaction from
visitors was very enthusiastic and visitation
in the museum quite robust – more than
3,700 folks actually toured the museum
over the weekend. In case you are keeping
count, visitation for the first four months of
the year has exceeded 14,000 people,
putting us well on our way to doubling last
year‘s record breaking numbers.
The museum also hosted some very
special guests this May – including a
delegation of officials from Ghazni Province
in Afghanistan and the Secretary General of
NATO. To learn about those very exciting
events, look for my article later in the
newsletter.
These successes are tinged with a note
of sadness, however, due to the passing of
long-time volunteer Vivian Hughes. Ms.
Vivian, as she was affectionately called, was
an institution at the museum, working two
weekends a month at our docent desk for
many years. Her sweet and kind personality
made her a hit with the staff, her fellow
volunteers and our guests. We are deeply
honored by her service to the museum and
the Texas Military Forces, and will miss her a
great deal. I have no doubt, however, that in
spirit she will always be with us and the
docent desk will forever have a residual glow
of happiness because she once worked
there.
The Director’s Corner (continued)
Work on our conspicuous storage Quonset Hut began at end of
April and finished 6 May. It houses our tables, chairs, easels,
and other miscellaneous equipment. Doors will be added soon.
There is a large opening in the roof to let in light, allowing us to
avoid having to run electricity to it.
Photo 1: Shane, Ed, Al, and Mary putting up the framework.
Photo 2: Ed and Shane putting on the tin.
Photo 3: Almost completed conspicuous storage Quonset Hut.
RG took breaks long enough to take the pictures.
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Exhibits Report by Edward Zepeda
Where do I start? Usually I make
sketches, 3D models, and order materials.
We plan our projects to the nth degree trying
to stay months ahead of execution. Most of
the time reality rears its ugly head and
multiple exhibits insert themselves into a
well crafted and already tight schedule.
Honestly I don‘t know where all these
exhibits and exhibit ideas come from or why
they gang up on my poor defenseless
sensible schedule with its margins for error
and time for safe construction accounted
for.
Additionally and unfortunately, my
sensible schedule does not include time
spots for newsletters or procrastination
based around newsletters, so I find myself
as I did last newsletter writing this about a
month late with the foundation president
glaring from under his cowboy hat at me
through the door of my office. I‘m pretty
sure he believes that it helps my process.
I‘ve been told that I have accomplished
quite a bit in the time between newsletters,
and I‘m sure that I have. I‘m not the type of
person who keeps score or likes to look
backward. When we do finish something, I
think we get an average of ten minutes to
feel good about it before we move on to the
next project. We‘ve replicated road signs for
the re-enactments, constructed conspicuous
storage in the shape of a Quonset hut,
reworked the gift shop and dogtrot exhibit.
That‘s just off the top of my head. If I really
think about it, we built an exhibit into a
lighted doorway, prepared for the fundraiser
dance by repainting and reworking Gallery
two, and further and because of that, we
have the NATO Exhibit which was crafted
planned and executed in six days. That is
just as fast as the staff can work with a full
crew of volunteers and draftees without the
aid of time travel.
I am fairly proud of the Quonset hut; as
I said before, it was built as conspicuous
storage and the hut looks like it ought to be
there standing next to the mess truck.
Quonset huts belong on military posts the
world over. This particular one replaces the
shabby plywood storage room while filling
the same purpose possibly even better than
before. This purpose built space stores our
scaffolding, vacuums, floor buffer, all the
tables, chairs and easels, all the while
managing to look like it belongs in the
space. Our finally finished Dog Trot cabin
has a roof and a new case attached to a new
wall. Extraordinary for the simplicity, a
custom case in a custom space with custom
furniture and mounts the equivalent
purchased or contracted out would cost
upwards of $7000. We pinch pennies. We
make as much as we can in house. The
work goes faster and easier with the good
company and the efforts of our volunteers.
The director has teased me for being
the man who plans where he puts his nails
into the things that he builds, and I do.
Camp Mabry Garrison Commander, LTC
Les Edwards (left) and Deputy Garrison
Commander, COL (ret) Jack Taliaferro
Bob and Jean Gates
honored by Camp Mabry
Garrison Command
Replicated road sign
Col Edwards presents his Challenge coin to
Bob and Jean Gates in recognition of their long
and distinguished service to the museum.
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QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER Spring 2011
Well first of all, I finally figured out the
right settings for the plotter to get it to print
correctly. That‘s certainly a relief. It came
just in the nick of time too, since we needed
it to work properly for the new NATO exhibit.
In addition to generally assisting where
needed, my major contributions this spring
came in photo selection and backdrop
production. Jeff picked the photos for the
Cold War and Bosnia, I picked the ones for
Kosovo and Afghanistan in the new NATO
exhibit.
One element of exhibit design that we
like to use whenever we can, is a photo
backdrop for the exhibit case. The NATO
display was no exception. There were 3
cases this time. Bosnia and Kosovo both
got standard pictures of the area, showing
the vernacular architecture and local
terrain. Afghanistan got something slightly
different, I picked a picture showing several
camels taken from a moving vehicle. I
enlarged them using fractals and they
printed out quite nicely since our plotter is
now behaving itself.
Going back in time for a moment, I
replicated the ―Rick‘s Café Americain‖ sign
from Casablanca using photos of the
original. We mounted it on the main
entrance doors of the museum for the
Valentines Dinner Dance.
Muster Day went well. I actually
managed to capture some Muzzle Flash for
the first time. Ed and I build the La
Coucourde sign for the Reenactment. I
drew plans for it in Microsoft Publisher. We
based it on a period photo of the real sign.
Fortunately I already had the correct font. I
had sourced it a few weeks earlier for an
unrelated personal project. So that saved
quite a bit of time. I printed 2 copies out at
life size, one for construction reference and
one to cut out the letters from. We taped
the letters on medium density fiberboard
and cut them out on the band saw. I think
the final product speaks for itself. You can
see it on page 3.
The other large format project I worked
on recently was the new backdrop for the
F-16 Cockpit. It‘s a formation of Texas
National Guard F-16s. I couldn‘t find a
picture like that, so I changed the tail
markings of the aircraft on another photo
that otherwise fit the criteria.
Here‘s a close up of a couple of the tails.
Graphic Arts Report by Robert R. Gates III
An M5A1 Stuart Tank supports the US 36th Infantry Division during Muster Day.
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It has been a long time since the last newsletter! A lot has gone
on during that time, the dance, Muster Day, the NATO Secretary
General visit to the museum etc… I will let Jeff and others catch you
up on all the goings on and I will report on cataloging and other
regular tasks.
Our docents continue to do a great job greeting the visitors and
doing tours. We‘ve done a number of large school tours including
ROTC, school and Cub Scout groups. A big thank you to all the
volunteers who helped out on Muster Day; Dennis, Dwight, John, Bob,
Mary, Jonathan, Angela, Jim, Rusty, Norm, George, and Sgt. Gray.
Other volunteers and staff are busy working on cataloging artifacts.
Mike and Mike have been busy working away on the huge backlog of
cataloging and I have a new catalog volunteer starting in May so we
will get even more done. Jessica and Abigail have been busy working
in the library and have cleared the backlog of donated library books!
They will soon begin the work of switching the books over to the
Library of Congress system which RG Gates set up. As always we
couldn‘t manage without our wonderful volunteers and we welcome
new volunteers; contact me by phone or email if you are interested in
working at the museum.
We have received a large number of donations in the past few
months, many of them World War II related. New donations since the
last newsletter include:
2nd Bn, 131st Field
Artillery ‗Lost Battalion‖ artifacts
from George Zerbis including
his Japanese issued POW tag.
Artifacts from Thomas E
Dyson, 124th Cavalry during
World War II. Among the items
are 350+ letters written to his
wife during his 5 years of
service.
A
trunk and
documents
belonging
to Brigadier
General
W.H.
Wilbur,
36th
Division.
Items relating to the
Stabilization Force 7, Bosnia
mission of the 49th Armored
Division, donated by Colonel
Hamilton including a map of
the Srebrenica massacre site.
Previously uncataloged items
from the museum‘s collection:
A Nazi flag taken from
Landsburg Concentration
Camp, by Charles Bickle
Service Company, 141st
Infantry Regiment . This is the
concentration camp liberated
by the 36th Division.
A Mexican
Cavalry sword
dating to 1800-
1840 made
from a Spanish
B r o a d s w o r d
with a French
Light Cavalry
hilt.
Be sure to visit our gift shop. We continue to
add new items and the used books section is
always a treasure hunt as new books are
constantly being donated. We continue to take
donations of documents and artifacts related to
Texas Military Forces, and Texas military history. I
am happy to answer any questions about the
donation process or the museum‘s artifacts. You
may call or email me at the museum.
phone:(512) 782-5394
email: [email protected]
Deputy Director’s Report by Lisa Sharik
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TEXAS MILITARY FORCES MUSEUM
QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER Spring 2011
Valentines Dinner/Dance
Miss Erika Koenig, poses beside a 1949
Chrysler convertible at the Main Entrance
of the Museum for the Valentines Dinner
Dance. She made her own dress.
The caterer served a wonderful meal.
The Sentimental Journey Orchestra
provided 1940s music.
Everybody enjoyed dancing. It was an
unforgettable, fantastic evening. We plan
to have another Valentines Diner/Dance
on Saturday 11 February, 2012
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Muster Day
Military members being sworn in as American citizens. Demonstration of Civil War weapons, and their rate of fire.
Demonstrating a WWI Harley Davidson motorcycle.
Three different models of a Sherman Tank participated in the reenactment.
The American Forces engaged against the German 19th Army. BOOM!
Commemorative Air
Force planes strafing
the battlefield.
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QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER Spring 2011
Temple Air Show
The Vietnam Reenactment at the Central Texas Air show, took place in May at the Temple Airport.
New Exhibits
Right: The newly completed origins of the Texas Military Forces
exhibit. The roof of the Dog Trot was the last element to go into
place.
Below: Main part of the new Texas Military Forces in NATO
missions exhibit. It was constructed in a very short period of time,
in order to be ready for the visit of the NATO Secretary General.
Special Guests Visit the TXMF Museum
In addition to our regular guests, the
museum has hosted some very high profile
dignitaries this spring. On May 2, five
Afghan officials toured the museum with
soldiers of the Texas National Guard‘s
Agribusiness Development Team, who they
have served with in Ghazni Province,
Afghanistan. The AGD teams have done
some remarkable work, bringing their
unique civilian and military skills to help the
farmers of Afghanistan improve their
techniques and crop yields.
This group planned to hold a press
conference in the museum to discuss this
important program. Just by happenstance,
their visit occurred on the morning after U.S.
forces killed Osama Bin Laden. As you
might imagine, every news station in Austin
sent a crew to see what the Afghans and the
TXMF had to say in regards to the death of
the most wanted terrorist in the world, as
well as the contributions of our Agricultural
Development (AGD) teams to Operation
Enduring Freedom. The Afghans expressed
the same satisfaction with the raid on Bin
Laden as most Americans, and the press
conference was an enlightening one. It was
a great pleasure to meet some of our
Afghan partners and members of the AGD;
their visit was all too brief.
Even before our important Afghan
visitors arrived at Camp Mabry, the museum
staff had been assigned an even bigger
event to prepare - a visit by the Secretary
General of NATO, which would take place
only a week later. This was going to be a
very, very big deal! The purpose of the visit
was to thank the men and women of the
Texas Military Forces for their participation
in NATO operations in Bosnia, Kosovo and
Afghanistan, as well as to emphasize the
vital role of the National Guard and the
United States in NATO.
In order to make the Secretary
General‘s visit more interesting and to
highlight the troops and units he was here to
thank, the museum staff decided to
undertake the construction of a major
exhibit on the role of the TXMF in NATO
missions. That was an incredibly ambitious
decision as it would give us only six working
days to do something that usually would
consume six to eight weeks. Our feeling,
however, was that if the troops can respond
to the most taxing and dangerous
challenges at a moment‘s notice, we could
surely do this to honor them. It probably
goes without saying that the museum‘s staff
and volunteers not only rose to the
challenge but exceeded their own
expectations for what the exhibit could be.
By the time the Secretary General‘s
party arrived, the museum sported an
impressive, brand new exhibit on TXMF in
NATO. The Secretary gave a very moving
speech on the part the TXMF have played in
Europe and the Middle East. It was a great
honor to meet him and host his event. After
his speech, the Secretary General, along
with the entire command staff of the Texas
Military Forces and 171 veterans of its NATO
missions were the first to view the new
exhibit on the history they had help make. I
am most happy to report that the exhibit
received rave reviews.
In less than a week that exhibit went
through concept, research, writing, editing,
design, mount making, construction, artifact
selection/preparation and installation.
From looking at the display you would never
guess it had been done in 1/8 the time
normally required, or that the museum
managed that feat while handling two large
school tours, constructing a new Quonset
Hut in the museum, participating at the
Central Texas Air Show in Temple and
handling the visit by the Afghan delegation
during the same period.
Special thanks must go to Chris Hunt
for designing the exhibit panels, Al Lloyd,
R.G. Gates III and Shane Meyers for helping
with the graphics, mount making and
installation, and the museum staff for
putting the whole thing together. Everyone
worked extra hours, weekends and long
nights to make it happen. This new exhibit
is, therefore, not just a testament to the
valor, skill and dedication of our soldiers
and airmen, it is also a testament to the
talents, skills and dedication of the museum
staff and volunteers.
If you haven‘t been to the museum in
the last couple of months, we invite you to
stop by and see our new NATO and Texian
Revolution exhibits, perhaps while you and
your family attend our Close Assault 1944
living history program over Memorial Day
weekend. We‘d love to see you!
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Abdul Hossain Sultan Hossain-Director of Agriculture,
Irrigation, and Livestock; Ghazni, Afghanistan
His Excellency, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary
General, NATO addresses the audience.
Secretary General Rasmussen and MG Nichols, Adjutant
General, viewing the NATO exhibit. Ed Jeff, Shane and Al move a portion of the Berlin Wall
into the Museum, for the NATO exhibit
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TEXAS MILITARY FORCES MUSEUM
QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER Spring 2011
Foundation News by Albert C. Lloyd Jr.
Wow!!! This year has started with a
bang and it has not slowed down a bit. We
had the Valentine's Dinner/Dance on 12
Feb and it was really successful. The
foundation made about $20,000 after all
expenses and the comments of people
attending encouraged us to do it again. So
folks, mark Saturday, 11 February 2012 on
your calendar - this is the date of our next
Valentine's Dinner/Dance. Ms. Bertha and I
were unable to attend due to my Chemo,
but we will be there next year!
As most of you know, I was diagnosed
with Stage 4 Lung Cancer in my right lung -
it was inoperable and they could not use
radiation because my lungs were too fragile
- so we tried Chemotherapy. On 14 April of
this year, my Oncologist told me to get out
of his office and do not come back until July
2011 when we would do another CT Scan
and evaluation. Ms. Bertha and I thank
everyone for the thoughts and prayers
during this time.
The next event was American Heroes/
Muster Day weekend. I was able to go to the
Museum on Friday, 15 April for 3 hours and
Jeff told me that I was not to come out and
work the weekend like I have for many years
in the past. Fooled him - used my scooter
and worked 10 hours on Sat and 11 hours
on Sun. It sure felt good to get back into the
swing of things. We had the largest crowd
ever attend this year and the Foundation
even made a little bit of money.
Before we even got a good rest, we
were told that we would be hosting a visit by
5 Afghan officials on Monday, 2 May. Jeff
Hunt and his staff plus a few volunteers put
together a great display and program for
this event. Stop and breathe! No rest for the
wicked or the museum. The NATO Secretary
General would arrive for a visit on the
morning of Tuesday, 10 May. Ed Zepeda
and several volunteers were in the middle of
building a Quonset hut in the south end of
the museum for conspicuous storage. We
were told to get it finished and put up
another display showing the Texas National
Guard involvement in NATO. From
conception to completion it was done
thanks mainly to the Museum Staff, Shane
Meyers, and Chris Hunt, RG Gates and I
helped when we could. Again the museum
came through for the Adjutant General.
Slowly, ever so slowly the Foundation is
getting on sound fiscal bases and is able to
buy much needed supplies and materials
for the museum to move forward. We are
working hard at getting grants, donations,
etc., but we really do need your help!! No
matter how small, any amount of money you
can donate will certainly help; but you need
to give for it to do any good.
Adult T-Shirts: $15, Kids T-Shirts: $10,
Hats: $15, T-Patch Magnets $5.
Buy in the Gift Shop of the Museum,
or order online at
www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org
Click on ―Gift Shop‖
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Executive Committee
President:
Albert C. Lloyd Jr.
Vice President:
Richard Gruetzner
Treasurer:
Marcus M. Hobbs
Secretary:
Christine Wizda
Directors:
MG Jose S. Mayorga
BG Joyce Stevens
BG John Nichols
Richard A. Box
William E. Harris, Jr.
William V. McMeans
Tim Weitz
Ex-officio Member:
Jeff Hunt
Texas Military Forces
Historical Foundation
Board of Directors
Scheduling. Persons wishing to schedule tours and/or use of facilities of the museum should contact
Mr. Gene Emmons at 782-5659.
Randalls Good Neighbor Program. When you use your Randalls Card you could be helping the
Museum. How? Just go to your local Randalls store Courtesy Booth and ask for Good Neighbor
Program form. Fill out the form and be sure to enter 5150 beside the Charity # _______. The store
will then process the form and whenever you use your Randalls card, you will be contributing to the
Museum. Randalls sends us a check at the end of March, June, September, and December.
Help Wanted. Our museum has a limited number of unpaid intern positions open. We are looking for
high school and college students who think that they might be interested in learning the inside
workings of a museum. They will be exposed to all facets of the museum from A to Z and everything in
between.
In addition to our intern program we have a continuing need for volunteers to assist the full time staff in
the following areas:
Announcements
NEWSLETTER CONTRIBUTIONS
If you have a story or commentary that you would like to see in the Museum Newsletter,
feel free to submit it to the Director.
Deadline for submission to the next newsletter is no later than June 30, 2011.
NEWSLETTER STAFF
Editor: Lt Col (Ret) Albert C. Lloyd Jr.
Asst. Editor, Graphic Design/Layout, Photographer: Robert R. Gates III
OTHER CONTRIBUTORS
Chris Hunt
Public Information Office, Camp Mabry
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P.O. Box 5218, Austin, TX 78763-5218
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This newsletter is not an official publication
of the Adjutant General’s Department of Texas.
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REMEMBER TO USE YOUR RANDALL’S CARD, Code : 5150
Library/Archives
Clothing Conservation and Storage
Exhibit Construction and Maintenance
Leather Conservation and Storage
Artifact Classification, Conservation and Storage
Office Administration.
Volunteers may work as little as four hours a month or as many
hours as they want to work.
We also can schedule ―service projects‖ for Boy and Girl Scouts.
Memorials
Alda Craft
Life Members
No new life members this issue
If you are interested in any of these programs and want to know more about them, please contact
Jeff Hunt, Museum Director at 782-5770.
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QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER Spring 2011
Upcoming Events
If you would like to be placed on an E-Mail
list to be notified of upcoming events as
they are scheduled, please provide your E-
Mail address to Gene Emmons at:
All events will be at Camp Mabry, Austin, TX
unless otherwise noted.
Close Assault 1944: 28-29 May 2011, 11
AM and 2 PM
Annual Meeting: Saturday, 20 August 2011,
10 AM Conference Center, TMFM
Board Meeting: Saturday, 20 August 2011,
1 PM Conference Center, TMFM
Opening of Global War on Terror Exhibit: 10
September 2011
Close Assault 1944: 12-13 November
2011, 11 AM and 2 PM
Valentine's Dinner/Dance: 11 February
2012, Time: TBA