"Remembering Our Veterans" Nov. 8-11 in Oswego

Oswego’s Little White School Museum will host a special veterans’ open house on Sunday, Nov. 9, during this year’s four-day “Remembering Our Veterans” commemoration at the museum, 72 Polk Street (Polk at Jackson), just two blocks from Oswego’s historic downtown. The open house will be held from noon to 4 p.m.

“Remembering Our Veterans” will open on Saturday, Nov. 8, and will run through Tuesday, Nov. 11, Veterans Day. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.

This year’s exhibit features an extensive exhibit of rarely seen military artifacts selected from the museum’s collections.

Highlighted will be uniforms and equipment used by soldiers from the Oswego Township area from the Civil War through the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; along with photographs of area male and female Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and Air Force personnel on the annual Wall of Honor.

New this year will be a special exhibit featuring military personnel with direct Oswego connections who were killed in action from the Civil War through Vietnam.

In addition to the special exhibit in the museum’s main room, its permanent military exhibit in the museum, featuring veterans from the Civil War through the wars of the 20th and 21st Century, will also be available for viewing by museum visitors.
Admission is free, but donations are always gratefully accepted.

For more information, call the museum at 630-554-2999, check out the museum web site at www.littlewhiteschoolmuseum.org, or email info@littlewhiteschoolmuseum.org. For up-to-date information, find the museum on Facebook.