Camp Sherman/Chillicothe VA Medical Center

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Today I went to the Chillicothe VA Medical Center to observe their periodic VAVS meeting (I'm the VAVS at Dayton now), and after the meeting asked their chief of they had type of museum or like building that told their history - which they do. A little background....what was Camp Sherman in 1917 covered about 8,000 acres, of which the Camp itself covered about 2,000 acres. There was a trench training area, (those can still be seen today as it's part of a park) and an artillery range. Today there's a couple schools, 2 prisons and the VA Medical Center. The building that houses artifacts was originally the homestead of Major General Ralph Mace and his wife. The building was restored circa 1985. The downstairs are used as meeting areas, while upstairs are three smaller rooms. Unfortunately, things aren't too protected from the sun coming in through the windows...there's also a stack of WWI newspapers for people to read...but the pages were laminated in plastic sheets. The labeling is minimal but there's still a few interesting things. Here's the General's portrait which hangs downstairs over a Steinway piano.

 

 

 

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One of the rooms (with the laminated papers) is about the days of Camp Sherman...several yard longs, maps, etc.....

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The second room had some older furniture and little militaria (a few modern uniforms) so I didn't take any pictures. The third room seemed to be all WWI, Part 2 stuff. There's 3 footlockers that have thing in them with Plexiglas screwed down over the tops...

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...and the General's medals.

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...there's one large case on the wall......

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...some of the contents:

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..this was the most interesting (to me)...a Kriegs flag sent home by a soldiers in the 116th Infantry Regiment of the 29th Infantry Division:

 

 

 

 

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