The
Restored Burlington Northern Depot & WWII Memorial
Museum
Located
in the Depot Hill Historic
Preservation District
“
Honoring Veterans & Celebrating Railroad Heritage ! “
305 SOUTH 2ND
STREET, RED OAK IOWA 51566
Plan Your
Visit – FREE admission | Overview
& Mission
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Visitors to the
recent Open House,
Thank you for
attending !
The community is always welcome to
view
the beauty of the restoration of the
Depot,
built in the early 1900’s, restored and
placed
on the National Registry of Historic Places
in 1999.
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Some highlights of the Depot
# Updated
displays of World War
II memorabilia
highlighting
the story of the
greatest sacrifice
made
by the residents of
Montgomery County;
# Refreshed
kitchen with framed
displays
of
the Depot through the years;
# Renewed
Research Library Room
containing magazines
and diaries from WWII and railroad books.
Includes a lending library for additional
research on WWII,
the Murphy Calendar Company, and the Depot
restoration.
The
Restored Depot & WWII Memorial Museum is located at:
305 SOUTH SECOND STREET, RED OAK,
IOWA 51566
During January and February,
2020, the Depot is
OPEN by appointment, for
docent-led and self-guided
tours, utilization of the Research
Library, and for meetings,
receptions,
and gatherings of all
kinds.
Click on the above “Plan Your
Visit” for details.
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Struggle, a poem
written by a U.S.
Civil War Veteran
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Read about Iowans
breaking the linchpin to the
Hindenburg Line,
October 1918 (4 pp, .pdf)
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“World
War One – The War That Will End War”
(4pp, .pdf)
The enduring consequences
since the end of WWI in 1918
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“Did the
end of the Great War come too soon?”
(8pp, .pdf)
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Gene Hoskinson’s
momentos from across
Europe during
World
War II, as a combat soldier (1 p, .pdf)
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WWII (war &
home front), “Red
Bull”, railroads, Red Oak Iowa
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World
War II in photos (facebook)
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World War II in COLORIZED photos (facebook)
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WWII
TODAY – follow the war as it
happened,
01 SEP 1939
thru 02 SEP
1945, updated DAILY (website)
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Living
History, interviews with WWII Veterans
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blog archives of the late Steve Buttry, author of An American Story
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The
Restored Burlington
Northern Depot & WWII Memorial Museum
is
staffed entirely by volunteers.
Donations
and volunteers are welcomed and encouraged
THANKS to these Contributors, Sponsors, and Volunteer
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