UPCOMING
EVENTS
Stay connected with the Alaska Veterans Museum through upcoming events, programs, and community gatherings. From special exhibits and guest speakers to commemorative ceremonies and educational presentations, our events offer meaningful ways to honor Alaska’s military history and the veterans who helped shape it.
Check back often for the latest updates, event details, and opportunities to get involved as we preserve history, celebrate service, and bring the community together.
Flag Day
14 June 26
- There will be multiple Flag Day celebrations where tired old flags are reverently retired. Locations such as the VFW 9785 in Eagle River; American Legion 1, 840 W Fireweed; AMVETS 2, 855 AMVETS Ct, near Old Seward and 38th, will have an outdoor program to properly retire the colors. Other Posts in the City and Muni may have them too.
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Time of Display: The flag should be displayed from sunrise to sunset.
It may be displayed 24 hours a day if properly illuminated during the night. Americans are encouraged to display the US Flag outside their homes and businesses. - Handling and Respect: The flag should never touch the ground or any object beneath it. It should be handled with respect and should not be used as drapery, clothing, or for any decorative purposes.
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Ceremonial Practices: During the Pledge of Allegiance or when the flag
passes in a parade, individuals should stand at attention, face the flag, and salute. Those in uniform should give a military salute, while civilians should place their right hand over their heart.
250th Anniversary Celebration at Mountain City Academy
4 & 5 July 10-5 & 1-5
Join us as we celebrate our nation’s 250th anniversary at Mountain City Church. This event will include a self-guided museum of over 500 items spanning four centuries, reenactments of the Revolutionary and Civil War, a concert, and a big picnic with all of our inflatables.
The Alaska Veterans Museum will have their displays of WWI and Korea.
For more details, email Cody Anderson at canderson@mountaincity.church.
4th of July Parades: Anchorage & Chugiak
4th of July 11 & 2
Anchorage hosts a massive Independence Day celebration centered on the Delaney Park Strip between E and I streets. The festivities kick off around 10 and feature a large co0mmunity parade at 11, followed by an all-day festival with food trucks, live music, carnival rides, and a beer garden. My wife and I were honored last year as the Grand Marshalls.
The Alaska Veterans Museum at 411 4th Ave, suite 201/2A next to the Mushing District Arch and inside the yellow Sunshine building will be open as a free day in celebration of our Independence Day.
Chugiak will hold its community parade starting at 2p at the Chugiak Volunteer fire station and end at the Chugiak Eagle River Senior Center about 2.2 miles down the Old Glenn Hwy. This is an extremely friendly parade with many fire trucks, police vehicles, antique cars, and many local organizations floats with candy throwing.
The Alaska Veterans Museum will be marching with their banner.
Building of the ALCAN Readers Theater
Saturday 29 Aug 2p
The building of the ALCAN highway began in March 1942 and was completed in Oct 1942. An engineering feat of monumental proportions and a victory for Northwest Canada and Alaska – a road connecting the lower 48 and insuring supplies could reach Alaska if the Japanese submarines continued to harass our shipping. It was accomplished from Dawson Creek, British Columbia to Delta Junction (then Big Delta) over 1600 miles in the worst terrain and across muskeg, permafrost, rivers and mountain with 130 bridges and 8000 culverts. There were 7 Engineering Regiments, 3 White, 3 Black and 1 Support regiment plus surveyors and others. The Readers Theater tells the tales of the 3 Black Engineering Regiments: the 93rd, 95th and 97th through letters they wrote during the bulding of the ALCAN. While the 97th is prominent in the letters, all played a part. Some of the audience will play the parts of these great pioneers of building the great wilderness highway ensuring the war effort in Alaska could be supported by land. This will be in the atrium of the Alaska Veterans Museum on 411 4th Ave, Suite 201 inside the yellow Sunshine building.
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