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Museum Announces Winter Schedule Dec 2019 – Jan & Feb 2020
The Live invites you to visit before our last open day in 2019, which is Sunday, December 8. After winter inventory, artifact cleaning, and renewal of displays, the museum will re-open Wednesday, Feb. 5. 2019 has been an active year...
Pilot Major Molly McCarthy will Speak on Women in Aviation – December 5, 2019
United States Air Force Reserve Pilot, Major Molly McCarthy, will speak at the Live on Thursday, December 5 at 2:00 pm. McCarthy is the last of five women speakers in the museum’s “Women in the Military” Special honor program....
Two Army Nurses to Speak on Nov. 21, 2019
On November 21 at 2:00 pm at the Live, two U.S. military nurses will help celebrate “Women in the Military” month with a free program sharing their stories. Each will speak for 20 minutes and then both will take questions. Also, two...
Kids Honor Veterans
Inspired by Brevard’s Veterans Day Ceremony, Hailey Boone, age 10 (front row, left) and Cameron Threadgill, age 9 (front row, right), had the idea to create hand-made cards to thank veterans. They asked their uncle, Tyler Threadgill, a USMC veteran (back row, right),...
Veterans Museum Participates in Liberty, S.C. Ceremony to Honor Veterans
Taking their “show on the road”, three volunteers from Brevard’s Live participated in Liberty, Live’s Veterans Day weekend event, “A Salute to Veterans: Honoring All Who Served”. In Liberty’s Pickens County Performing Arts...
U.S. Navy Careers: Nursing and Medical Officer
On November 14 at 2:00 pm at the Live, LT Barbara Sterrenberg, U.S. Navy Medical Officer Recruiter, will present the free program, “U.S. Navy Careers and Recruiting”. LT Sterrenberg will use pictures and stories to demonstrate how...
Oskar Blues Honors Veterans and the Museum on Monday, Nov. 11, 2019
Oskar Blues is brewing up a special beer to honor veterans! On Veterans Day, Monday, Nov. 11, Oskar Blues Brevard brewery will be tapping R.E.D. (Remember Everyone Deployed) Ale. For every beer sold, Oskar Blues will donate $1.00 to the Live...
Sacred Heart Ladies Guild Tours Museum
Seventeen members of Sacred Heart Catholic Parish’s Ladies Guild attended a customized program and took a tour of the Live on Nov. 7. November is “Women in the Military” month at the museum. The guild members met in a room where the...
Copelof Educates and Entertains
A full-house audience learned the history of women in the military with Copelof's memorable stories and pictures On November 7, Maureen Copelof, Captain, U.S. Navy (Ret.) told entertaining stories depicting the progress women have fought for and achievements made in...
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Brevard, North Carolina 28712
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