Veterans of All Wars Museum History
Robert Honeycutt, a highly decorated WWII veteran, served as an aerial cameraman and gunner. He served on 29 bombing missions in North Africa and Europe, including Operation Tidal Wave over Ploesti. Later, he was a POW in Stalag Luft IV and survived a death march across Germany. This march is also referred to as the Black March, Long March, or Shoe Leather Express. He founded this museum to educate the public about this little known march, serve as a memorial to the Ploesti Raid, and to honor veterans of all wars for their service. It contains the donated artifacts of veterans who served in various wars involving the United States.
Veterans of All Wars Museum opens by Josh O'Bryant
Robert H. Honeycutt, a World War II veteran from the Chattanooga area and museum director, and Marilyn Johnson of LaFayette finally realized their vision of a museum that honors U.S. veterans from all wars.
Honeycutt said, We have been working on this museum for six months, since December actually, and we think we have come to the final end of it today, and from this point on, it will be a historic thing for people to come and see. A lot of history here — all the wars, not just one war, but all the wars — and we invite you to come and see it.
The opening brought many veterans and their family members and friends out to see the museum and enjoy the recognition that these brave veterans deserved.
Emotions were high at times, especially during Honeycutts tour of the museum and his description of his time as a prisoner of war.
Those young and old were given historic examples and artifacts of what these brave men and women achieved for their country.
The walls held photographs of war veterans, both living and deceased.
Many military uniforms, maps, ammunition, flags, weapons and model replicas of various battles graced the museum, along with numerous names of soldiers who gave their lives for their county.
Honeycutt and Johnson had been searching for a location for the museum for the past several months.
After watching Sen. Bob Dole and actor Tom Hanks on television raising money for the National World War II Memorial that opened in Washington, D.C., in 2004, Johnson set out to organize a local museum for veterans.
About Marilyn Johnson
Johnson is the widow of Army 1st Class Sgt. Eugene Talmedge Cochran, who died at age 42 on active duty due to injuries sustained in Vietnam. Her father, Thomas W. Demsey of Rome, Ga., and her son, Reggie, 38, of Las Vegas, both served in the Army.
Since 2000, Johnson has been writing letters to World War II veterans she has never met. The veterans have responded to her with letters of gratitude and memorabilia from their experiences in war. In the letters she received from the veterans, she learned that many felt touched for someone finally thanking them for their service.
Johnson took the initiative to notify living veterans of the passing of other fellow veterans. Johnsons collection of veterans letters grew to include more than 18 albums, pictures, never-before-seen paintings and medals, among many other items.
About Robert Honeycutt
Honeycutt reached the rank of staff sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He worked as a cameraman for the military and served from Jan. 5, 1942, to Oct. 5, 1945. He served in the battles of Egypt-Libya, Tunisia, Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Rhineland, Central Europe and the Balkans.
Honeycutt and Jane Littlejohn Berz authored The Eleventh Man: Memories of the German Death March, Winter 1945. According to the book, as a prisoner of war, Honeycutt was forced to endure the little-known death march from Stalag Luft IV.
The book recounts the experiences Honeycutt endured during the war. It reflects back to his childhood, enlistment and how he persevered through a destructive battle on a mission to Austria. The B-24 consisted of a 10-man crew, with Honeycutt being the 11th man. The B-24 was surviving on a single engine and lost brave men aboard the charter plane. Honeycutt grabbed the right wing gun and took to battle against German fighters.
As the B-24 was shot down, Honeycutt escaped and literally had to pull his parachute open. A German fighter had the opportunity to shoot him but waved his wings to allow him to keep his life.
The highly decorated war veteran was inspired to write his book by the late Desmond Doss of Walker County, a conscientious objector from World War II. Honeycutt is proud of his service to his country and wants the generations that follow to be aware of the service of what is called the Greatest Generation.
Honeycutts nephew Bob Honeycutt said at the museum opening, We would like for everyone to know that this is not just a museum for today, but it is one that is always in progress.
Museum is now at Lee and Gordon's Mill in Chickamauga, GA
Illinois Stories | Remembering Lincoln at IL State Museum | WSEC-TV/PBS Springfield
This special exhibit commemorates the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's assassination.
Experimental American Body Armor of World War 1
Photographs of experimental body armor developed by the United States military, private companies, and individuals during World War 1. From the book Helmets and Body Armor in Modern Warfare by Bashford Dean published in 1920.
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Illinois Stories | Civil War- Boys In Blue
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library combs through its huge Civil War collection to produce an exhibit that illustrates the life of the average soldier from Illinois.
Illinois Adventure #1703 Lincoln's Tomb
Dedicated in 1874, Lincoln Tomb is the final resting place of Abraham Lincoln, his wife Mary, and three of their four sons, Edward, William, and Thomas. Also on the site is the public receiving vault, constructed ca. 1860, the scene of funeral services for Abraham Lincoln on May 4, 1865. In 1960 the Tomb was designated a National Historic Landmark and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.
The 117-foot Tomb, designed by sculptor Larkin Mead, is constructed of brick sheathed with Quincy granite. The base is 72-foot square with large semi-circular projections on the north and south sides. Double sets of north and south stairs lead to a terrace, above which rises the obelisk. At the corners of the shaft, large pedestals serve as bases for four bronze sculptures, each with a group of figures representing one of the four Civil War services—infantry, artillery, cavalry, and navy. A taller base on the obelisk's south side holds a heroic bronze statue of Lincoln. At the Tomb entrance is a bronze reproduction of Gutzon Borglum's marble head of Lincoln, located in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Civil War flag restoration
Illinois Military Museum flag conservator Alex Dixon describes the process being used to preserve the Civil War flag of the 53rd Illinois Infantry.
IL Stories | Coal Mine Museum | WSEC-TV/PBS Taylorville
A Springfield author takes us to the Coal Mine Museum in Taylorville to explain the labor wars in the early 1900s.
Cemetery Surrounded by Auto Plant Opens, Briefly
An historic Jewish cemetery surrounded by a Detroit automotive plant opens _ but only briefly _ to visitors (May 12)
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22nd May 1849: Abraham Lincoln issued a patent for his invention
As a teenager the future President had taken a flatboat along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. After moving to Illinois he was employed by Denton Offutt a merchant and owner of a general store, to ferry goods along the Mississippi and its tributaries.
During these river trips Lincoln’s boats had run aground on more than one occasion, leading to the exhausting process of freeing the boat before it sank or the cargo went overboard. These experiences were to provide the inspiration for his invention.
Lincoln is believed to have begun work on his device in 1848, in which ‘adjustable buoyant air chambers’ attached to the boat could be forced under the water and inflated to float the boat free of the obstruction without the need to unload any of the cargo. He filed an application to the Patent Office on 10 March 1849, and Patent No. 6469 was awarded two months later on 22 May.
A model of the device is said to have been produced with the assistance of Walter Davis, a mechanic from Springfield, although Paul Johnston from the National Museum of American History believes it may instead have been made in Washington. Whatever the truth behind the creation of the model, this is the furthest that Lincoln’s invention ever got since nobody ever tried to install the system on a full-size boat.
The model itself can be seen on display at the Smithsonian Institute, and is claimed by the curator of the Marine Collection to be ‘one of the half dozen or so most valuable things in our collection.’ The invention is also significant in that it makes Abraham Lincoln the only President in the history of the United States to have been awarded a patent.
Vice President John Nance Garner tries on various hats in Washington DC. HD Stock Footage
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Vice President John Nance Garner tries on various hats in Washington DC.
Vice President John Nance garner tries on different hats for spring in Washington DC. Various hats in round boxes lie on table. President's Wife Ettie helps him out to choose the right hat April 1938. Location: Washington DC. Date: April 1938.
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Chicago observes Veterans Day
Veterans and their families gathered at Soldier Field to observe Veterans Day Saturday.
Abraham Lincoln's Tomb in Springfield, IL
A short tour around the tomb of Abraham Lincoln in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL..
Dedicated in 1874, Lincoln Tomb is the final resting place of Abraham Lincoln, his wife Mary, and three of their four sons, Edward, William, and Thomas. The eldest son, Robert T. Lincoln, is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Also on the site is the public receiving vault, constructed ca. 1860, the scene of funeral services for Abraham Lincoln on May 4, 1865. In 1960 the Tomb was designated a National Historic Landmark and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.
The 117-foot Tomb, designed by sculptor Larkin Mead, is constructed of brick sheathed with Quincy granite. The base is 72-foot square with large semi-circular projections on the north and south sides. Double sets of north and south stairs lead to a terrace, above which rises the obelisk. At the corners of the shaft, large pedestals serve as bases for four bronze sculptures, each with a group of figures representing one of the four Civil War services—infantry, artillery, cavalry, and navy. A taller base on the obelisk's south side holds a heroic bronze statue of Lincoln. At the Tomb entrance is a bronze reproduction of Gutzon Borglum's marble head of Lincoln, located in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Interior rooms of the Tomb are finished in a highly polished marble trimmed with bronze. The south entrance opens into a rotunda, where two corridors lead into the burial chamber. The rotunda and corridors contain reduced-scale reproductions of important Lincoln statues as well as plaques with excerpts from Lincoln's Springfield farewell speech, the Gettysburg Address, and his Second Inaugural Address. Lincoln's remains rest in a concrete vault ten feet below the marble floor of the burial chamber. A massive granite cenotaph marking the gravesite is flanked by the Presidential flag and flags of the states in which the Lincoln family resided. Crypts in the chamber's south wall hold the remains of Lincoln's wife and three of their sons.
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2018 Winter Lecture Series - The Lincoln - Douglas Debates
In a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas in 1858, the state of slavery was at the epicenter of the Illinois Senate race that would catapult Lincoln onto the national scene and ultimately President of the United States.
Roosevelt: Dedication of Bridge, Hannibal, Missouri 221791-04 | Footage Farm
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[1936 - President Roosevelt: Dedication of Bridge, Hannibal, Missouri. 04Sep36]
LS SOF Motorcade led by motorcycle police escort arriving past large crowd w/ band playing; FDR waving from limousine w/ flags on front.
21:41:31 LSs & pans of packed crowd watching, houses in background.
21:42:11 LS across empty new Mark Twain Memorial Bridge towards Illinois; pan to banner: Illinois Welcomes President Roosevelt above empty highway. GOOD.
21:42:32 Speakers stand w/ VIPS, applause; LS w/ FDR at lectern: SOF, “Governor Horner, Mayor, I’m glad to come back to Hannibal. Many, many years ago I made a speech here; and I’m glad to come back for many reasons. One of which I remember well that Hannibal was the home town of an old friend of mine with whom I served in the World War; a distinguished American naval officer, Admiral Coontz. (edit) pride, & with a glory in American tradition that I enjoy this happy privilege today, joining in this tribute to one who impressed himself upon the lives of youth everywhere all through the last fourscore years & ten. (edit)
21:43:44 MCU, SOF “and we’re all boys. (applause) Mark Twain and his tales still live, though the years have passed & time has wrought its changes on the Mississippi. The little white town drowsing in the sunshine of the days of Huckleberry Finn & Tom Sawyer has become the metropolis of Northeastern Missouri. (edit)
21:44:17 CU “birthplace, & the haunts of his youth is very dear to me; especially because I, myself as a boy, a younger boy than I am now, had the happy privilege of shaking hands with Mark Twain. (applause) That was a day I shall never forget. With every American boy, & every American who has ever been a boy, I thrill today at the great structure joining two great States in the commemoration of youths' immortal. (edit)
21:45:01 LS “of a changing order, a necessarily changing order. The river ferry started to go when the old railroad bridge joined Missouri & Illinois back in 1870. (edit).
21:45:23 LS “of mixed rail and vehicular traffic. The very story of the crossings of the Mississippi for a 100 years that story seems to me symbolic of the necessary changes that take place in the structure of American life. This bridge, with its three-quarters of a million dollars' outlay, stands symbolic of what can be accomplished by the cooperation of local governments & the Federal Government. Here, in this act of progress, we find the Federal Government, the City of Hannibal, the State of Missouri & the State of Illinois all joined together in coordinated action. Together they have given you this new bridge. And, my friends, working together in the days to come, they will greatly further the prosperity & convenience of the people of the United States in every part of the Nation. (end of speech).
21:46:48 LS of people watch as VIPs leave stand.
21:47:07 MOS MS FDR in limousine w/ scissors & ribbon, smiling & cutting ribbon.
21:47:24 MOS Motorcycle police leading motorcade across bridge. POV across bridge without traffic & view past sign: Leaving Missouri. Brief POV to rear.
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Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver - First Televised Debate, 1956
Four years prior to the celebrated Kennedy/Nixon debate, Democratic primary contenders Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver politely squared off in the first presidential debate conducted before television cameras.
On May 21, 1956, Miami’s ABC affiliate WTVJ broadcast a one hour meeting of these “friendly rivals,” moderated by Quincy Howe. Shown only in the Miami region, the debate took place the day after the U.S. tested its first airdropped H-bomb, at Bikini Atoll, and nuclear proliferation, racial segregation, and the balance between big and small business dominated the discussion.
Stevenson went on to win the primary but lose the election to Eisenhower. Four years later, Stevenson failed in his third attempt to gain the Democratic nomination, and the Kennedy era ushered in an ever more “connected” populace, with the expectation that politics be continually played out in the media.
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum acquired the 16mm print of the debate from Adlai Stevenson in 1962, when he donated his papers to the Illinois State Historical Library, ALPLM’s predecessor.
Lincoln Rememberance at the US Capitol Program 3 4 15
The Illinois State Society of Washington, DC and the Abraham Lincoln Foundation jointly sponsored this event on March 4, 2015
North Carolina and World War I Exhibit Preview
On exhibit now at the North Carolina Museum of History from April 8, 2017, through Jan. 6, 2019
This free, interactive multimedia exhibit commemorates the centennial of US entry into World War I and focus on North Carolina’s role in the War to End All Wars on the western front in France and Belgium. Visitors will experience a re-created trench warfare environment to discover what life was like for Tar Heel soldiers.
The 6,500-square-foot exhibition will highlight approximately 500 artifacts, period photography, a trench diorama, historical film footage, educational interactive components, and video re-enactments that feature European and North Carolina soldiers and citizens to relate the stories of ordinary men and women from North Carolina who provided extraordinary service to their country 100 years ago.
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Lost Tribes of Israel in Illinois??... IDK
Psychic powers come from here??.. that's what it says at the end.. Burial Mounds or Ancient Civilization, either way interesting info.. Also A book entitled Bondage in Egypt : Illinois Slavery