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KY Military History Museum Reopens with a Bang

Spectators mill around the front lawn before the grand reopening of The Kentucky History Military Museum at the State Arsenal Friday afternoon.
Tricia Spaulding
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Frankfort State Journal
Spectators mill around the front lawn before the grand reopening of The Kentucky History Military Museum at the State Arsenal Friday afternoon.

There’s a Soviet anti-aircraft gun from Operation Desert Storm, a large bell from the USS Kentucky and a Purple Heart awarded to Chadwick Burns, a Frankfort native who was the first Kentucky soldier to die during the Korean War. After about four years behind locked doors, a renovated Kentucky Military History Museum at the State Arsenal opened to the public Friday.

 

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