Museum

Veterans Memorial Museum is dedicated to the men and women who have honorably served our nation in the Armed Forces, during peacetime and war, so we might enjoy the freedoms we have today.

COME AND OBSERVE

Individual displays of men and women who have served our nation from the Revolutionary War to the present. Included are uniforms, memories and artifacts.

Eighty five 8' x 7' display cases of military items such as Civil War and Cavalry period medicals kits, saddles, tack and weapons.

WW1 to present uniforms, personal item, field equipment and much, much more.

COME AND READ

"The Laurence Mark Library"

Spend a few hours in our research library dedicated to Laurence Mark, World War II combat veteran, author and military historian. Read and learn in our growing and comprehensive military history libary, with books from pre-Revolutionary time to Iraq. Your time will be well spent.

COME AND HEAR

"The Stan Price Viewing Room"

Our viewing room is dedicated to Stanton Price, who endured 3 1/2 years in various Japanese Prison Camps during WWII. Hear his story and the stories of many other veterans from WW1 through Iraq. They will talk about their fears, their joys, the friends they made and the friends they left behind. They all share a special message to this and future generations.

COME AND SEE

See one of Washington's largest military weapon displays of small arms from countries all over the world.

There are times when you come across something so astonishing that there are not even words to convey it. Such is the case with the Veterans Memorial Museum. The museum was founded in 1997 by Lee and Barbara Grimes of Centralia, Washington. With the help of local volunteers, many of them veterans, the museum sets out to tell the stories of our American veterans. As you walk through the halls of the museum, you can feel the camaraderie and see the amazing images and artifacts of the veterans represented in the museum. It is truly a remarkable and sacred place. We invite you to browse our web site and to help us pay tribute to the millions of veterans everywhere for whom this museum pays homage so that...