Memorial Day Blue Star Exhibit Comes to Franklin Historical Museum

The Franklin Historical Museum will be presenting a display of
Military Uniforms and Memorabilia as part of Blue Star Museums, a program the Museum recently joined.

Admission to the museum is always free but in conjunction with the program, the museum wishes to
extend a special welcome to this program offering to currently
serving military personnel and their families this summer from Armed
Forces Day, May 17, 2025, through Labor Day, September 1, 2025. 

Franklin Historical
Museum’s Exhibit will feature uniforms as well as a rare “Parachute
Wedding Dress” from World War II – made from a military parachute
in order for a local Franklin woman to wed her soldier husband in 1946. The
Museum is open for regular hours on Saturday, May 24 from 10-1 and
Sunday, May 25 from 1-4. In addition the museum will be open in
coordination with the Memorial Day parade which will pass by on nearby Emmons Street, from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm on
Monday, May 26.

For more information
on this event, and for the most current Blue Star Museums events at Franklin
Historical Museum, visit the web site at
https://www.franklinmuseum1778.com/

About Blue Star
Museums

Blue Star Museums is
a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and Blue
Star Families, in collaboration with the Department of Defense, and
participating museums across America. For a list of participating
museums, visit arts.gov/BlueStarMuseums. The free admission program
is available for those currently serving in the United States
Military—Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy, and
Space Force, members of the Reserves, National Guard, U.S. Public
Health Commissioned Corps, NOAA Commissioned Corps—and up to five
family members. Qualified members must show a Geneva Convention
common access card (CAC), DD Form 1173 ID card (dependent ID), DD
Form 1173-1 ID card or the Next Generation Uniformed Services (Real)
ID card for entrance into a participating Blue Star Museum.