Written By: Lieutenant Colonel Clayton R. Newell, USA-Ret. In June 1852, Major George A. H. Blake, 1st Dragoons, established Fort Massachusetts in northern New Mexico Territory, which today is part of Colorado. Built along Ute Creek at the base of the Blanca Peak, the purpose of the post was to protect travelers and settlers in …
By Lieutenant Colonel Clayton R. Newell, USA-Ret. In July 1869, Major John Green, 1st Cavalry, led an expedition into the White Mountains of eastern Arizona Territory searching for hostile Apache Indians. Instead, shortly after his scouts reported finding some 100 acres of corn planted along the White River, he received a friendly welcome from Escapa, …
Written By: Eileen Mattei Two forts separated by only three miles remained worlds apart in the roles they played over a 195-year span. From their authorization as Third System coastal defense forts in 1819 to their actions in the important joint Army-Navy Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864 during the Civil War, and their current …
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The Fort Jackson Museum Community (FJMC) at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, consists of four museums: the Fort Jackson, U.S. Army Chaplain, U.S. Army Adjutant General Corps, and U.S. Army Finance Corps Museums. In addition to telling the story of Fort Jackson and the training of soldiers, the FJMC also interprets the history of the Army’s …
The 82d Airborne Division War Memorial Museum at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, tells the story of the U.S. Army’s “All American” division, including its organization as a “square” division and combat in World War I, reorganization as the Army’s first airborne division during World War II, and participation in the Global War on Terrorism. The …
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Fort Myer, Virginia, traces its origin as an Army post to the Civil War. It has been an important Signal Corps post, an Army cavalry site, the site of the first flight of an aircraft at a military installation, and the first military air fatality. It has also served as the home of Army Chiefs …
By Danny Johnson The initial political support for a new Signal Corps Replacement Training Center came from Republican Congressman Dewey Short of Missouri in 1941, who sponsored legislative action on Capitol Hill for a signal training center in the foothills of the Ozarks. The Army broke ground for what became Camp Crowder on 30 August …
The Army Historical Foundation is the designated official fundraising organization for the National Museum of the United States Army. We were established in 1983 as a member-based, charitable 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We seek to educate future Americans to fully appreciate the sacrifices that generations of American Soldiers have made to safeguard the freedoms of this Nation. Our funding helps to acquire and conserve Army historical art and artifacts, support Army history educational programs, research, and publication of historical materials on the American Soldier, and provide support and counsel to private and governmental organizations committed to the same goals.
