Military
The Museum's superb military collections document the history of the men and women of the armed forces of the United States. The collections include ordnance, firearms, and swords; uniforms and insignia; national and military flags and banners; and many other objects.
The strength of the collections lies in their enormous depth. Some 3,000 military small arms and 2,400 civilian firearms document the mechanical and technological history of the infantryman's weapons from the beginning of the gunpowder era to the present. Among the 4,000 swords and knives in the collection are many spectacular presentation pieces. The collections also include Civil War era telegraph equipment, home front artifacts from both world wars, early computers such as ENIAC, Whirlwind, and Sage, and materials carried at antiwar demonstrations.
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The Bridge at Château Thierry
- Description
- Pencil and ink wash sketch on paper. In the foreground, a damaged bridge extends halfway across a river. Soldiers in the river are repairing the bridge. In the background, buildings line the far bank of the river.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-07
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF.25876
- catalog number
- 25876
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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American Wounded
- Description
- Charcoal and pastel (or possibly color crayon) sketch on white paper. Three wounded American soldiers (in black and white) walking in front of a shell-torn church. The soldier to the left is carrying one end of a stretcher that is mostly out of the picture. To the right is a French soldier, with his back to the viewer, in the small church graveyard. Smoke rises from the ruins of the church.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-07
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Harding, George Matthews
- ID Number
- AF.25735
- catalog number
- 25735
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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On Hill 204, Southwest of Chateau Thierry
- Description
- Colored sketch on white paper mounted on thick paper. Sketch shows "Hill 204." The hill has several demolished trees. There is a group of American soldiers standing on the hill in the background. One of them seems to be advancing up the slope, while the others just appear to be standing.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-09
- associated date
- 1917 - 1918
- associated person
- War Department
- Smith, J. Andre
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.26021
- catalog number
- 26021
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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