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There’s only one Museum in America that honors ALL Veterans – from all branches of service, and from all eras of our nation’s proud history of military service, both peacetime and wartime. The National Veterans Memorial and Museum is a powerful and personal experience designed to give a voice to every man and woman who answered the call for our country.

This is neither a war memorial nor a military museum. The National Veterans Memorial and Museum takes visitors on a narrative journey telling individual stories and shared experiences of Veterans throughout history.


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Stephen Hines deployed to Iraq with the 1450th Transportation Company in 2004. While attending a reunion 15 years after the start of that deployment, Hines talks about his service and how the deployment changed him. Stories From War is a series of videos where Veterans...

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Paris, August 25, 1944: An American soldier leans out from the side of an army truck to steal a kiss from a French woman on a bicycle during the liberation of Paris. After years of German occupation, the city was finally free, and the streets...

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On September 1, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, Sergeant First Class Jose Rodela led a company of indigenous soldiers from the 5th Special Forces Group through a brutal 17-hour battle against a massive North Vietnamese force. His battalion was hit by intense mortar,...

Their stories shaped a nation. Our freedom is their legacy. Share in the celebration, and be inspired by the courage of those who served.

We are the Home of the Brave.

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$1 Admission on Jan. 16 in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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