Alaska Veterans Museum

Military History – Veteran’s Stories

Mt Chosen Few

Mount Chosen Few On this Memorial Day, 2025, we take this opportunity to retell about a special mountain and what it represents in the Chugach National Forest near Cordova known as “Mount Chosen Few”. HR 5928 presented in the US House of Representatives, by Alaska’s...

Forgotten Founders of Memorial Day Observances

Forgotten Founders – Newly freed Black Americans led one of the earliest known Memorial Day observances in 1865. By Ashley Gorbulja. Every year, on the last Monday of May, Americans honor the brave men and women who gave their lives in service to our nation. Memorial...

The Silent Legion: A Memorial Day post

The Silent Legion by George R. Darrow I went to the National Cemetery at Fort Richardson on Memorial Day. Several hundred people were there for the ceremony. Music was played, speeches were given, wreaths were laid, artillery fired a twenty-one-gun salute, and taps...

National Poppy Day

Today is National Poppy Day – Remembering and celebrating our military, past and present, and their spouses. Words cannot express how grateful we are for your service to this great Nation. It is the SOLDIER OR VETERAN, not the preacher, who has given us freedom of...

The Fall of Saigon: ‘I always relive it in my dreams’

The Fall of Saigon: ‘I always relive it in my dreams’ Honor & Remembrance News Dick Cole during basic training. (Photo provided) Virginia Legionnaire Dick Cole shares insight into Operation Frequent Wind, including being on the last fixed-wing aircraft to leave...