Museum Blogs

By Ron Griffin Nixon visiting the troops in Vietnam The year 2015 has a unique relationship with the Vietnam War. It is both the 50th anniversary of the official start of…

So, the song goes, ” Tie a yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree. It’s been three long years do you still want me?” Recorded in 1973 by the musical group…

From the first moment that cannons hurl stone projectiles at a fortress wall, military forces began to look at cannons and Artillery as a force to be reckoned.  Over the…