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During World War II, Evansville was the site of a Republic Aviation factory that built Republic P-47 Thunderbolts. [1]Plans to obtain an aircraft for display in the city began as early as 1986, when a former supervisor at the plant, Frank Whetsel, purchased the wreckage of a P-47D, serial number 42-8320, that had crashed in Lake Kerr in Florida and founded the P-47 Heritage Commission.
The museum is located in the former home of union leader Eugene V. Debs. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966. The museum is maintained by the Eugene V. Debs Foundation, a nonprofit educational foundation. Evansville African American Museum: Evansville: Vanderburgh: South: African American: website: Evansville Museum of Arts ...
The Evansville Wartime Museum was opened on the weekend of Memorial Day in 2017. The Museum features exhibits commemorating Evansville's role in the Allied war effort during World War II and other conflicts. These exhibits include the Evansville built P-47 Thunderbolt fighter ‘Hoosier Spirit II’, the operational 1943 Sherman tank ‘Rosie ...
The Evansville Museum of Arts, History, and Science has appointed a new Executive Director following the retiring of Mary McNamee Bower in May. Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science has ...
The Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science is a general-interest museum located on the Ohio riverfront in downtown Evansville, Indiana, United States. Founded in 1904, it is one of Southern Indiana's most established and significant cultural institutions, with comprehensive collections in art, history, anthropology and science.
“And I can think of no better place for it to be housed than in a portion of Lincoln Gardens,” she told the EHA Board. Sondra Matthews poses in front of the Evansville African American Museum ...
Evansville Wartime Museum; L. USS LST-325; R. Reitz Home Museum This page was last edited on 18 May 2024, at 03:02 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
The deadline to file for school board was earlier this year due to a new law passed by the Indiana Legislature. Those wanting to file to run were able to start doing so the day voter registration ...