Guntersville Museum and Cultural Center
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Special Exhibit - Honoring Our Veterans

From 5/26/08 to 9/30/08

Honoring Our Veterans - sponsored by Citizens Bank & Trust - runs through September 30. A grand opening and reception will be held on Sunday, June 22 at 2:30 p.m. Special guest speaker for the grand opening will be Col. Lee Mize (US Army retired), Alabama's only surviving Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Artifacts in the exhibit include Colonel Mize's Medal of Honor; an original letter signed by General Robert E. Lee; eight cannon balls recovered from numerous shellings of Guntersville by Union forces during the Civil War; an account of each war, from the American Revolution to Iraq, with pictures of many veterans who served in them; Nazi and Japanese flags; various rifles, pistols, swords, and other weapons from the Civil War to the War in Iraq.