Plan Your Weekend Around This

This coming Saturday and Sunday, 20 and 21 August, the Wartime Museum is having its second Open House of the year. The past Open Houses have been a blast and I expect the same this time around.

I've confirmed that Dave Marron from Thunder Run will be there as well as Susan Katz Keating. No big surprise with SKK. She sits on the Board. Uncle Jimbo will probably be hanging out.

I will be livestreaming some of it on our Ustream site. This time I'll be attempting a mobile livestream so it should be a bit more interesting than just a fixed camera. I've also extended invitations to two very incredible Ladies. I hope their schedules permit. If nothing else, maybe I can get UJ to do a freefly but I'd rather have the Ladies.

Come on out and enjoy the Virginia countryside, take a chance on a raffle ticket and you might get yourself a seat in a helicopter or a German tank. See ya there.

Hate America Weekend-The Wrap

I may have more to say about the Charlie Foxtrot that was Joplin Road and US Rt 1 on Sunday. I saw millions in state tax dollars being wasted on a bunch of losers with a megaphone exercising their right to be stupid in public. There were 5 seperate LEA's on site today: VA State Police; Prince William County Police; Park Service Police (Mounted); Marine Corps MP's; and what I can only assume were DHS agents. I would never have allowed those clowns to pull the stunt they pulled by closing down a primary North-South corridor.

Uncle Jimbo and mystery reporter Athena Vitamin embed with the loonies at Quantico and, as usual, the result is a hard look at the geniuses behind free bradley manning. Just remember folks, these people are living and working amongst you and they vote. (Often)

In case you missed the first two installments of this weekend's festivities, here are some links so you can get caught up:

Day 1
As an aside to the Day 1 link, we now have a video up that has three years worth of Friday nights at Walter Reed. Good music and lots of Patriots.

Day 2
Did you know we have a chemical substance that will reduce 40,000 tons of steel to dust in ten seconds? Seriously, I did not know that. Thats how they were able to bring the Towers down so easily. And did you know that 7 of the 9/11 hijackers are still alive and living in Jamaica. (Ok, so I made up the part about Jamaica, but they really are alive.) I recieved this information from a credible source (who just happened to be the guy holding the banner saying 1,000 engineers and architects want the truth about 9/11.) A thousand.

Your humble blogger was the cameraman for some the video. I am now officially a member of SOG Media.

Prince William County Planning Commission

Next Wednesday, June 16th, there is a planning commission hearing for the Wartime Museum and we're trying to gather as many supporters to attend as we can.

Obviously, the more Prince William County supporters we can gather the better, but support from any of you would be greatly appreciated.

The hearing is at 7pm at the McCoart Building in Woodbridge Virginia.

If you are unable to attend all I ask is that you forward this information to friends you think may be able to go. Again, if you live in or know a lot of people in the PWC area please ask them to come out and support the Museum.

Craig Stewart 13 April 2010 Wartime Museum

Opening Remarks By Corey Stewart

Wartime Museum Follow-up-Video Coming

The rain held off long enough to get finished, although if you check out the pics on Facebook, you'll notice I have an umbrella over the laptop. I'll have the entire program of speakers uploaded ASAP. I have to work between two laptops, and the Dell is slow.

This museum promises to be a new experience, not only as a memorial to the veterans and the fallen, but also with displays and inter-active features that will show average Americans what its like to be a Warrior in service to your Nation. Some of the lucky ones will be able to drive an APC (Amored Personnel Carrier), and participate in re-enactments.

Multiple BZ's and OOOOORAHHHHHHHH!!!! to the Hylton Family for their generous gift, to Corey Stewart (he could be a Senator) for his untiring efforts to make this happen, and to the thousands of people who helped simply because it's the right thing to do.

Open House at the Tank Farm in Nokesville, VA on 21 and 22 August 2010. See my posts from last October 24-25, or my youtube page, to get an idea what happens at the Open House. The flamethrower is kinda neat.

Wartime Museum Mission and Facts:

Mission: The Wartime Museum will tell the stories of those who served in all branches ofthe United States military and on the American home front, from World War I to the present. Visitors will learn about personal wartime experiences, the realities of war and the sacrifices made by Americans in order to preserve our nation’s freedoms.

Site: The Museum will be located on approximately 70 acres adjacent to Interstate 95 andDale Boulevard at Exit 156 West. The Hylton Family of Prince William County donated the land for this site, which is about 22 miles from the nation’s capital.

Economic Impact:

• Project Value –The Wartime Museum represents a $50 million project.
• Economic Effect ‐ $10‐$25 million per year at surrounding restaurants, hotels and other facilities
• Job Growth – The Museum will produce about 50 direct and 35 indirect jobs in Prince William County.
• Visitation – A conservative estimate, based on a 2003 market analysis, is 300,000 visitors per year.
• Analysis ‐ The Museum is embarking on an updated market analysis for the project.

Unique Approach:
• Covers all major conflicts of the 20th and 21st centuries.
• Includes all branches of the United States armed services.
• Emphasizes personal wartime stories from the battleground and the home front.
• Features the outdoor Landscapes of War with authentic replicas of battle scenes.
• Incorporates a large collection of operational military vehicles from WWI forward, both on display and in demonstrations and reenactments.
• Allows visitors to hear, touch and experience military vehicles, aircraft and naval vessels.
• Provides a firsthand view of vehicle restoration in the Renovation Hangar.
• Includes the National Veterans Visitor Center, with special services and activities for veterans, including opportunities for military reunions.

Key Partners:
Prince William County – The County has been instrumental in securing the Museum site, is providing planning assistance, and previously provided funding for the Museum.
George Mason University – The partnership will provide for joint appointments of prominent historians, opportunities for research associates and students, and significant public programming.
Gallagher & Associates – Gallagher has provided design services for early stages of the Museum development. The firm’s previous projects include The World War II Museum, Gettysburg Visitor Center, Normandy Visitors Center and International Spy Museum.
Dewberry – Dewberry, one of the top engineering firms based in the Washington, D.C. area, has provided extensive assistance and guidance during the site selection
process.

Leaders:
Craig Stewart, who has achieved substantial success in organizational fundraising and development, is the President and CEO of The Wartime Museum.
Allan Cors, owner of one of the world’s largest private collections of armored vehicles, is Chairman of the Museum’s Board of Trustees.
The Museum’s leadership team includes its Board of Trustees, National Steering
Committee and National Advisory Board. Members include a former Virginia governor; a former Virginia Secretary of Transportation; a Medal of Honor recipient and other distinguished veterans; military historians, authors and journalists; and prominent business leaders.
Opening Date: The anticipated opening of The Wartime Museum is Veterans Day, November 11, 2014.
Web site: Visit http://www.thewartimemuseum.org/ for more information.

Other Sites With Wartime Museum Posts

Blackfive

Susan Katz Keating

National Museum of Americans in Wartime Finds A Home

The Prince William Board of County Supervisors and the Wartime Museum Board of Trustees today announced that the future national museum will be located on a 70-acre site near the intersection of Interstate 95 and Dale Boulevard. The Hylton Family of Prince William County donated the site for the Wartime Museum.

"It is fitting that The Wartime Museum will be loacted in Prince William County where the military has played a significant role in our community's histotry," said Board of County Supervisors Chairman Corey A. Stewart.

More in a few minutes.

On Site

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Message for the ODBA

Brothers and Sisters, we are gathered here today to celebrate our love of musicahh.

No wait...thats not it. Where is that thing? I know its around here somewhere.

Oh, here it is. (I laid it down and covered it up with YankeeMom's Milblog Award. The thing is HUGE. I had to get a special permit just to haul it back to Richmond.)

(Clears throat)...
ATTENTION:
Tuesday, 13 April at 1200 I will be live-blogging from the Prince William County Complex for the National Museum of Americans in Wartime. I'm pretty sure ya'll know who they are, from my posts last year at the Open House.

There is big news coming about the museum. Its good stuff. NMAW asked me to do this and since I love heavy equipment with guns, it really was a no-brainer. Any members who aren't busy and can get away, come on out. Would love to see ya.

Had a great weekend hanging with the Big Dogs of milblogging and Troop Support. There are hours of video from the panels, and the panel with the former Marine Combat Photographer from WWII is awesome. He was on Tarawa and Iwo Jima.

There is good stuff coming this summer, friends. I feel great. Everyone was very glad to see me and I was delighted to be seen in the vertical position. (and I stayed vertical for most of the conference.) No really, I did. Seriously, ya'll, I was very well-behaved. Well, there was that one time, when......oops. TMI.