Bring your lunch and join us at the Rock Island Arsenal Museum for our program series exploring the past and present of the Arsenal and 250 years of U.S. Army history. A Nation struggling with its identity, the Army found itself fighting a war within, in 1861. The Civil War saw many new technologies in […]
Bring your lunch and join us at the Rock Island Arsenal Museum for our program series exploring the past and present of the Arsenal and 250 years of U.S. Army history. Built between 1919 and 1920, the MKVIII Heavy Tank was the first American-produced heavy tank, but its history doesn't stop there. Join Bob Foster […]
Bring your lunch and join us at the Rock Island Arsenal Museum for our program series exploring the past and present of the Arsenal and 250 years of U.S. Army […]
Bring your lunch and join us at the Rock Island Arsenal Museum for our program series exploring the past and present of the Arsenal and 250 years of U.S. Army history. Established by Congress in 1862, Rock Island Arsenal has supported the U.S. Military for more than 150 years. Over that time, the Arsenal has […]
Bring your lunch and join us at the Rock Island Arsenal Museum for our program series exploring the past and present of the Arsenal and 250 years of U.S. Army history. With the entrance of the United States into World War I, the Army was thrust onto the world stage. Ad hoc reorganization pushed the […]
