About Us Continued.

There are nearly 30 dioramas in the museum, with the largest being. "The Battle of the Bulge."

The diorama depict the night of December 16, 1944, when his wife's Uncle, Sergeant Major Bryce Quellhorst, was captured by the Germans, and spent the rest of the war in mine different Nazi prison camps.

Some of the true artifacts in the collection include the discharge papers of Holley's great grandfather, George Washington Holley. He was a Union soldier and veteran of the Civil War Battle of Lone Jack. Holley also has a cannon ball and horse brush from that battle. In the collection are items from the Civil War Battle of Shiloh, a World War I mess kit, gas mask, helmet and 1915 Kansas National Guard Pins.

He also has on display a piece of the YB-49 Flying Wing that crashed killing pilot Dan Forbes. That crash is the only Air Force accident to cause the naming of two Air Force Bases. Besides Forbes Air Force Base, Edwards Air Force Base in California was named to honor Co-Pilot, Captain Glen Edwards.

One case in the Reagan Gallery features artifacts from the cold war, as well as aircraft from that period. Another case in the Reagan Room tells the story of the Berlin Wall, including a piece of the wall.

Other artifacts included in the third Gallery, the Eisenhower Room, feature Kansas War Hero's George Chandler, Bob Dole, Monty Parrish, Carl Fyler, Dwight Eisenhower. Sgt. McMurray and others.

The museum is open to the public 7 days a week from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM daily and is located on the east side of the Ramada Hotel in downtown Topeka, Kansas, just off Interstate 70.

Future plans call for the addition of a forth Gallery which will show addition artifacts in special glass rooms which will allow larger displays of military memorabilia.

The two compelling reasons for the museum are: To thank Veterans who gave their time and in many cases their lives to protect our freedom. Also the museum will be an educational tool to instruct young people that with out a strong military we may not have the freedoms that we enjoy today.