Portraits of Courage
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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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On March 4, 2002, Technical Sergeant John A. Chapman and his Navy SEAL team were ambushed while inserting onto Takur Ghar, a snow-capped mountain in Afghanistan, and a teammate fell into an entrenched enemy position below. Without hesitation, Chapman and his team went back in...

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Marines catch a rare moment of rest atop crates of captured Japanese supplies on Saipan, July 1944. By July 1944, these Marines were in the final, brutal stretch of the Battle of Saipan, part of Operation Forager, the U.S. campaign to seize the Mariana Islands....

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From Marine to Pizza King: The Mike Ilitch Story Before he built a pizza empire, Mike Ilitch was a United States Marine. Growing up in Detroit, Ilitch was a standout athlete at Cooley High School, an all-city baseball player and a track star. But instead...

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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