The Mountaineer Military Museum

The Mountaineer Military Museum is another favorite museum of mine, and it is also in Weston, West Virginia. There are three great places to visit in Weston: The Museum of American Glass, the Transallegheny Lunatic Asylum, and this one.

 This Vietnam War memorial is especially touching.

The creator of the museum, Ron McVaney, is a Vietnam vet, and started the museum to honor the memories of friends who died in Vietnam. He and his wife Barbara have created an incredible resource for vets of all wars. I am sure many changes have been made since we last visited--it was pretty amazing even then. You can see my photos from that visit here.

Unfortunately the museum were closed when Larry went over the same day as I was visiting the glass museum, but he took photos from the outside.

The museum is housed in what was once the "colored school" back in the days of segregation.

We will have to try again. Currently the museum is open only on Saturdays, but they will try to accommodate visitors who call ahead to schedule a visit.

This is a work of love, and it really shows. Well worth taking the time to visit.

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