U.S. Armed Forces Museum Planning Begun

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Summary

President Dwight D. Eisenhower appoints a committee of citizens and public servants to explore the possibility of establishing a U.S. armed forces museum.

Subject

  • Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David) 1890-1969
  • National Armed Forces Museum
  • United States President

Notes

Oehser, Paul H. The Smithsonian Institution. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970, p. 101.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, [email protected]

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Date

  • January, 1958
  • 1958

Topic

  • Law
  • Advisory boards
  • New Museums
  • Museums
  • Military
  • Armed Forces
  • Legislation

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