Illinois State Military Museum and Living Historians Honor Armed Forces Day

SPRINGFIELD, IL (05/16/2013)(readMedia)-- The Illinois State Military Museum and the Illinois National Guard and Militia Historical Society's Living History Detachment will observe Armed Forces Day May 18 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with special exhibits, equipment displays and demonstrations by re-enactors in period uniforms.

WHO:

• Illinois State Military Museum

• Illinois National Guard and Militia Historical Society Living History Detachment
WHAT:

• Special exhibits in observance of Armed Forces Day

• Living Historians in period uniforms will display and explain the equipment used by U.S. servicemembers from colonial militia to the Global War on Terror

• Historians will explain what service life was like
WHEN: Saturday May 18, 2013 at 10:00AM Central Time (US & Canada)
WHERE: Illinois State Military Museum
1301 N. MacArthur Blvd
Springfield, Illinois 62702
NOTES:

• Admission and parking are free

The Illinois State Military Museum displays the history of the Illinois National Guard from 1723 to the 21st Century. Located two blocks north of the intersection of MacArthur Blvd. and North Grand Ave. in Springfield, Ill., the museum is open Tuesday through Saturday, 1-4:30 p.m. Admission and parking are free. For further information about the museum call (217) 761-3910 or visit http://www.il.ngb.army.mil/museum/. Like the museum on Facebook at www.facebook.Illinois.State.Military.Museum. To learn more about Illinois National Guard history visit http://www.il.ngb.army.mil/History/.

For additional information, please contact the Illinois National Guard Public Affairs office at 217-761-3569.

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