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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 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.
USS LST-325 is a decommissioned ship now home ported in Evansville as a memorial museum to LSTs and the city's war effort. The Plymouth factory was converted into an ordnance plant which turned out "bullets by the billions," and many other companies switched over to the manufacture of war material. [ 22 ]
Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum, scrapped 2022 [15] USS Cobia: United States Wisconsin: Manitowoc: United States: 1943 Gato class: Submarine: Wisconsin Maritime Museum [16] USS Cod: United States Ohio: Cleveland: United States: 1943 Gato class: Submarine: U.S.S. Cod Submarine Memorial [17] USS Constellation: United States Maryland ...
Noon to 4 p.m., Evansville Wartime Museum, 7503 Petersburg Road. Tickets are $11 for adults, $8 for youth, and free for children 5 and under.
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 ...
In 1919, a 4,000 pipe concert organ was installed as a memorial to Prof. Milton Z. Tinker, for years supervisor of music in the local public schools. At the time of its installation it was among the largest municipal pipe organs in the world. In 2013, the University of Evansville purchased the pipe organ, dismantled it, and put it into storage ...
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