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TEXAS PANHANDLE
WAR MEMORIAL CENTER by Perry Gilmore, PhD
Executive Director
a collection of valuable minted and signed detailed
replicas of WWII ships, planes, tanks, and other
historically significant items. Visit our Medal of Honor
exhibit and learn the history of Panhandle residents
who were the recipients of the Medal of Honor, and
discover the only battle in U. S. military history in
which every Soldier was awarded the Medal of Honor
– right here in the Panhandle!
The War Memorial Center will be the front door for
veteran referrals in the Texas Panhandle. Navigators
know the resources available to veterans and will
help veterans and veterans' family members by
making referrals to meet their needs. Navigators
he War Memorial is a not-for-profit charity; our will follow up with veterans after referrals to ensure
mission is to honor the men and women who that appointments were kept and that the help was
Thave given us our freedom and to keep history appropriate.
alive. We have a park with a F-100 Super-Saber jet
and a Huey helicopter. We have the second-largest Open: Monday through Friday 9 to 5; Saturday 1 to 5
piece of the USS Arizona in the World, outside the
Arizona memorial. The park memorial has monuments Located: 4111 S. Georgia, Amarillo
describing nine wars from the Spanish-American War Phone: 806-350-8387
to Afghanistan. The 1553 names
of each Panhandle resident who
was killed in action are inscribed
on monuments for each war. We We invite you to come to TEXAS!
have the only Military Chapel
in the Panhandle, available Ask about our individual
for veteran and active duty annual memberships
weddings and funerals.
benefiting the
Our Education Center offers a Texas Panhandle Heritage
unique learning environment Foundation,
for everyone. It is high tech, more info at
interactive learning with texas-show.com
computer kiosks, videos, static
images, and oral histories. The
Education Center interactive
learning allows you to select
from one of 11 U.S. wars, from
the Revolutionary War to
Afghanistan.
Walk in the main doors and see
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