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ALL OUT GLORY

HONORING
THE
Hero
MILITARY

Military History

Unfolds in Columbus

ur nation’s military heritage gets a lot of attention in Columbus,
and for good reason. Neighboring Fort Benning has trained
hundreds of thousands of soldiers for our country’s defense
O since 1918.

National Infantry is a major memorial to the Global War on
MUSEUM AND Terrorism, carrying the names of nearly 7,000
service members who’ve made the ultimate
SOLDIER CENTER sacrifice defending our nation since 9/11, and
a gallery chronicling America’s earliest conflicts.
Visit the best free museum in America
as voted by USA Today’s 2016 Readers’ The Patriot Park campus also includes a
¾-scale replica of the Vietnam Wall, a stadium
Choice Awards! Trace the footsteps of the and parade field for weekly graduations of
Infantryman from early wars to the jungles
new soldiers, the Memorial Walk of Honor, an
of Vietnam, to the sands of the Persian authentic World War II Company Street, a full-
Gulf, through an interactive experience with
service restaurant, gift shop, combat simulators,
amazing special effects. Meet Infantrymen and theater. nationalinfantrymuseum.org
from the Revolutionary War through today’s
War on Terrorism and come to understand
why an Infantryman puts himself in harm’s “Exhibits capture your attention
way in the name of liberty. New this year & ignite your patriotism.”
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