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SANTA FE, N.M. – The New Mexico National Guard Museum will host its second annual World War II Living History Camp and Reenactment Friday, May 12, noon to 5 p.m. and Saturday, May 13, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the museum located at 1050 Old Pecos Trail. Admission is free.
Visitors will be able to view World War II vehicles, equipment and weapons; discuss life during World War II with the reenactors portraying both sides; view a World War I replica airplane and a trench line.
Margaret Garcia, author and daughter of World War II Bataan hero Evans Garcia, will give a presentation about her recent trip to the Philippines and the 75th Anniversary Commemoration of surrender of Bataan on May 13, 10 a.m.
The Museum of the American Military Family, one of the NMNG’s Museum partners, will host a new exhibit dedication May 13 at 1 p.m.
The New Mexico National Guard Museum has also partnered with the Center for Contemporary Arts (CCA) who will be showing period cartoons and newsreels and the Santa Fe Children’s Museum who will conduct recycling and victory garden activities.
The public and the media are invited to attend. Visit www.bataanmuseum.com for more information.
