Veterans Museum commemorates two important events in state and national history
The Veterans Museum Broomfield has just installed a new temporary exhibit commemorating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and 150th anniversary of Colorado becoming a state.
“Due to the lack of artifacts from that period,” said Flint Whitlock, museum director of Displays and Exhibits, “this is primarily an educational poster exhibit that describes how our nation was founded, as well as about Colorado being added to the Union.”
Also included is the history of the construction of the Colorado State Capitol, the history of the three different designs of the state flag, the biographies of three of Colorado’s most prominent governors, and the history of Broomfield.
“One part of the display that I’m sure will be of interest is a collection of over 500 exquisitely hand-painted miniature (25mm) Revolutionary War soldiers loaned to us by war-gamer John Carter. These colorful, highly detailed figures represent virtually every army that took part in the war—the British, French, Spanish, German, Native American, and of course the Colonialists,” Whitlock said.
Also recently installed in the museum ART-illery gallery is an exhibit featuring the drawings and paintings of ten prominent World War II artists. Another new exhibit discusses President Truman’s 1948 Executive Order 9981 that desegregated the armed forces.
The 250th/150th exhibit will remain on display until the middle of the year.
The Veterans Museum Broomfield is located at 12 Garden Center, on Midway Boulevard about a quarter-mile east of Wadsworth, and is open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 to 2 and Saturdays from 9 to 3. Admission is free. For more information, call the museum at (303) 460-6801.
