News from the 150th Anniversary of the Kansas National Guard Committee

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE        July 15, 2005
No. 150-05-008

KANSAS NATIONAL GUARD MOBILE MUSEUM TO BE UNVEILED

The Kansas National Guard is taking their 150th birthday celebration on the road.

The Mobile Museum of the Kansas National Guard, a joint effort of the 150th Anniversary of the Kansas National Guard Committee and the Kansas National Guard Museum, will be officially unveiled on Friday, July 15 at 2:30 p.m. in front of the State Defense Building, 2800 S. Topeka Blvd. The unveiling will reveal a new paint scheme featuring the official logo of the Kansas National Guard’s 150th Anniversary celebration. Also on display will a Civil War era cannon and limber.

The mobile display, developed to mark the 150th anniversary of the Kansas National Guard, showcases the progressive involvement of the Guard in the state’s history, from the early settlement of the Plains through the Civil War, Indian Wars and other military campaigns up to present Kansas National Guard activities in the Global War on Terrorism. The Mobile Museum contains photos, documents, uniforms, vintage headgear, a Light Anti-Tank Weapon, Tactical Operations Weapon and other pieces of Kansas National Guard history selected from the Kansas National Guard Museum in Topeka.

The Mobile Museum has already visited several communities in Kansas and will begin a 150th Anniversary “Kansas Guard Whistle Stop Caravan” tour on July 17, visiting every community in the state that has a Kansas Army National Guard or Kansas Air National Guard facility.

For additional information about the Kansas National Guard Mobile Museum, call the Public Affairs Office in Topeka at (785) 274-1190 or the Kansas National Guard Museum, (785) 862-1020.

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