Time to Watch Gettysburg
Re: Time to Watch Gettysburg
There is a fantastic militaria museum in Gettysburg, I have never been there but my friend raved about it. The owner apparently bought Dick Winters' personal artifacts from his estate after his passing, and I assume has them on display now there.
aka Robert
"I can't get ahead no matter how hard I try, I'm gettin' really good at barely gettin' by"
"I can't get ahead no matter how hard I try, I'm gettin' really good at barely gettin' by"
- BlackSheep214
- Elite Member
- Posts: 10754
- Joined: Sun Apr 06, 2014 8:47 pm
Re: Time to Watch Gettysburg
I’m finding that hard to believe. What sort of personal artifacts from his estate after his passing? I’d think his immediate family - particularly his grandchildren would have possession first.Glamdring wrote:The owner apparently bought Dick Winters' personal artifacts from his estate after his passing, and I assume has them on display now there.
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Re: Time to Watch Gettysburg
I heard he bought it off the family, directly or through an auction.BlackSheep214 wrote:I’m finding that hard to believe. What sort of personal artifacts from his estate after his passing? I’d think his immediate family - particularly his grandchildren would have possession first.Glamdring wrote:The owner apparently bought Dick Winters' personal artifacts from his estate after his passing, and I assume has them on display now there.
https://www.gettysburgmuseumofhistory.c ... ollection/
They'd probably rather it goes to a museum open to the public than a wealthy collector's private stash, but it still cost him a pretty penny though. (according to an Airborne forces demonstrator who gave a lecture at my local historical society meeting last month)
aka Robert
"I can't get ahead no matter how hard I try, I'm gettin' really good at barely gettin' by"
"I can't get ahead no matter how hard I try, I'm gettin' really good at barely gettin' by"
- BlackSheep214
- Elite Member
- Posts: 10754
- Joined: Sun Apr 06, 2014 8:47 pm
Re: Time to Watch Gettysburg
Well, I’ll be damn....
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn