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Inside The Army’s Spectacular Hidden Treasure Room
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| 20 Feb 2014
| Benny Johnson
Posted on 04/16/2015 1:36:23 AM PDT by shove_it
Remember that ending scene out of Indiana Jones where the Ark of the Covenant is boxed up and wheeled through an endless government warehouse? Did you know that that place actually exists? It is called the Center of Military History. It is located 30 minutes outside Washington, D.C., at Fort Belvoir in Virginia. The building itself is very nondescript…
The room consists of dozens of collapsable “hallways” filled with the richest American firearm collection on the planet...
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: army; banglist; military; virginia
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This article did not show up in FR search. I just received it in an email today.
This is very interesting. I never knew there was such a place. Excellent comments following the article, especially the one about creating and selling a DVD documenting the items to raise funds for building the museum. I'd sure buy one!.
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posted on
04/16/2015 1:36:23 AM PDT
by
shove_it
To: shove_it; Joe Boucher
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posted on
04/16/2015 1:38:12 AM PDT
by
shove_it
(RedWingNut)
To: shove_it
To: Organic Panic
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posted on
04/16/2015 2:14:53 AM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
To: shove_it
And I thought Charlton Heston had a nice collection.
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posted on
04/16/2015 2:35:42 AM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
( Obammy is a lie, a mooselimb and pond scum.)
To: Joe Boucher
Yes, he did.
But I thought the discussion was about guns.
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04/16/2015 2:39:34 AM PDT
by
Jemian
(War Eagle!)
To: shove_it
A very interesting article and well worth reading and seeing it all. In the end it is a pitch to raise funds for a building to house it all so the public can see these treasures.
I think I’d donate money for a cause like that but not if it is going to be in Washington DC or surrounding. My preference would be somewhere in more neutral territory.
My pick is near Lebanon, Kansas. First FReeper who can tell me why gets the lollipop!
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posted on
04/16/2015 3:01:01 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: Gaffer
My pick is near Lebanon, Kansas. First FReeper who can tell me why gets the lollipop! It's by definition, Middle America.
(lollipops aren't on my diet)
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posted on
04/16/2015 3:08:31 AM PDT
by
Leroy S. Mort
(The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it ~ G Orwell)
To: Gaffer
To: Leroy S. Mort
Bingo....I’ll give your lollipop to my grand daughter then :0)
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posted on
04/16/2015 3:11:57 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: shove_it
I’d love to visit there.
L
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posted on
04/16/2015 3:28:42 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: shove_it
The Smithsonian in Washington DC has a magnificent firearms collection but the leadership doesn't like firearms. The main body of the collection is stored out of sight in back rooms (George Washington's sword, Abraham Lincoln's Henry Rifle, John Dillinger's .45, etc., etc,).
I guess we're lucky they haven't melted them yet.
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posted on
04/16/2015 3:49:20 AM PDT
by
Chainmail
(A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
To: shove_it
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posted on
04/16/2015 4:36:19 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
To: shove_it
ooh.. Like to play in there for a week or three!
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posted on
04/16/2015 4:41:35 AM PDT
by
IamConservative
(If fighting fire with fire is a good idea, why do the pros use water?)
To: shove_it; marktwain
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posted on
04/16/2015 4:44:37 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: shove_it
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posted on
04/16/2015 5:03:24 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
( Some days you're the windshield, and some days you're just the bug.)
To: Gaffer
The Army wants people to come to visit their museum. I live in Kansas and have never been to Lebanon.
The museum will be built at Ft. Belvoir.
To: centurion316
Ft. Belvoir....MD....then I would never visit it.
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posted on
04/16/2015 5:43:02 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: Gaffer
Ft. Belvoir is in VIRGINIA.
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posted on
04/16/2015 5:46:42 AM PDT
by
NorthMountain
("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
To: NorthMountain
Okay, my bad, especially since I have been there. IIRC it is still in the DC area. Still wouldn’t go there. I guess I was thinking of Ft. Meade - equally a place I would never visit unless it was required.
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04/16/2015 5:54:45 AM PDT
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Gaffer
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