The Museum of the American GI, a College Station nonprofit organization preserving decades of American military history, celebrated a new exhibition showcasing Revolutionary War era banknotes with a ribbon cutting June 3.
What’s new
The museum, which has been operating since 2001, secured a series of banknotes for display dating back to Colonial and Revolutionary War era America.
Notes on display are “28 original Revolutionary-era notes that once paid soldiers, purchased supplies, and circulated through homes, farms, and businesses during one of the most uncertain periods in American history," according to the museum.
The June 3 ribbon cutting featured veterans and residents of Aggieland celebrating the exhibit and the museum’s dedication to preserving America’s fallen soldiers. Royce Hickman, community liaison for the BCS Chamber of Commerce, praised Executive Director Leisha Mullins for the museum’s dedication and positive presence in the community.
Looking ahead
The museum will feature the banknote exhibition through Aug. 2. Along with commemorating the U.S. semiquincentennial, the museum will also feature an event remembering the D-Day Normandy Landings of World War II on the weekend of June 6, when spectators may shoot a clip of blanks from a WWII era M1 Garand firearm.
