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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Inside the Church at Badonviller
- Description
- A charcoal, pastel, and watercolor sketch on paper of American troops at a church at Badonviller, France. The church is most likely the Eglise Saint-Martin. Five American soldiers are standing in what used to be the interior of the church. The church has been damaged; battered wrought iron and other debris are lying exposed in the former aisle of the church. An inscription on the drawing reads "The church at Badonviller is situated on a rise of ground and on that edge of the village that is nearest the German lines. It has suffered from bombardment perhaps more than any other structure in the village. This drawing was made from the chancel and looking along the line of the main aisle and through the archway to the front entrance. The building is hopelessly beyond repair."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25950
- catalog number
- 25950
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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The Church, Cierges
- Description
- Charcoal and ink wash sketch on paper. In the foreground are several ruined buildings, behind which stands the shell-torn church. There is a cross on top of the church tower which has been damaged.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-08-10
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF.25869
- catalog number
- 25869
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Ruins in the Main Square Fere-En-Tardenois
- Description
- Charcoal drawing on paper. The work depicts several damaged buildings in the main square of Fère-en-Tardenois, France during World War I. A church with a tall spire and a cross atop its peaked roof dominates the center of the work. A smaller, perhaps residential, building in the foreground is partially collapsed, with debris spilling out of the exposed second floor interior.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-08
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF.25859
- catalog number
- 25859
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Ruined Torcy
- Description
- Ink wash with charcoal on paper. The paper is affixed to a larger piece of beige cardboard. The drawing depicts a shell torn gothic church and the cemetery beside it. A tree stands behind the cemetery wall. The church and cemetery and bordered by a street that runs diagonally through the picture. More rubble is on the right of the street.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-07
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF.25857
- catalog number
- 25857
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Ruined Church at Seringes
- Description
- Ink wash sketch on paper. Shell-torn church in foreground. Houses behind the church. No artist signature.
- Seringes-et-Nesles is a small municipality in northern France.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918
- associated person
- War Department
- maker
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF.25856
- catalog number
- 25856
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Lucy-le-Bocage
- Description
- Ink wash and pencil sketch on light green paper. The work depicts a damaged church in or near Lucy-le-Bocage, France during World War I. A large, mostly leafless tree is shown in front of the shell-torn gothic church. Other small buildings appear on the edges of the sketch surrounding the rubble-filled foreground.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF.25843
- catalog number
- 25843
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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The Church at Lucy-le-Bocage
- Description
- Mixed media sketch on paper. In the center of the sketch is a large shell-torn church tower. The church is surrounded by other ruins and there is a denuded tree in front of the church. An American soldier stands in the left foreground and a group of soldiers is marching by the church in the left background.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-08
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.26074
- catalog number
- 26074
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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The Church St. Aignant
- Description
- Charcoal with ink wash sketch on paper. The sketch depicts a ruined church with rubble piled in front. The catalog card reads: "'St. Aignant is situated under the strong fortress of Liouville [sic] and formed the front line position of the French so that the town was practically wiped out."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-09-19
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF.25872
- catalog number
- 25872
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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At Charteves
- Description
- A pencil and watercolor sketch on paper of a shell torn church at Charteves. In the center of the sketch is a church which has been destroyed by shell fire.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-08
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25943
- catalog number
- 25943
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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