Daughter Visits Father’s Artifacts in ‘Unbelievable’ Museum
Margaret Myers Beeker always knew about the trunk in her parents’ attic. Inside were three U.S. Army uniforms and two “doughboy” helmets worn by her father Frank and uncles George and Paul, during World War I. All three brothers had deployed to France with the American Expeditionary Forces at the same time. When the time came to clean out her parents’ house, Mrs. Beeker’s mother made her promise that the uniforms would not be auctioned. She wanted them to be appropriately honored. As Mrs. Beeker began searching for options, she learned that a national museum was being constructed for the
January 27, 2022
