Edged Weapons Temporary Exhibit - Quartermaster Museum

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For you edged weapons fans... On Fri Dec 3, 2010, the Quartermaster Museum at Fort Lee, VA will open the temporary exhibit “Blades: Centuries of Swords, Bayonets, and Bolos”, which chronicles the evolution of mankind’s oldest hand-to-hand weapons. The exhibit contains over fifty edged weapons from the museum’s collection used by the American and British Armies.

 

Here is the page on the QM Museum that has the full details and photos of the exhibit....

http://www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil/blades_exhibit.html

 

 

 

US Army Quartermaster Museum Website

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[Leatherwringer]

Looks like a GREAT exhibit!! would love to go check it out!!

thanks for the info :thumbsup:

[WilliamG]

thanks for the heads up and glad to see that it will be on display for a decent amount of time....road trip may be in order.

 

 

Bill

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The museum director gave me a sneak preview last week before Thanksgiving. Most of the swords and sabers are Civil War period. They include examples from both the Union and Confederate Armies. In the photo below there two Foot Artillery Swords, the one on the left is Union and the one in the right is the much cruder Confederate version.

 

The photo in the background is from a 1866 hand colored photo study of Civil War Union uniforms commissioned by the Quartermaster Corps. You can clearly see the Union version of the sword being worn.

 

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Exhibit opened today!

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Local newspaper review of the exhibit:

 

http://progress-index.com/news/military/a-...splay-1.1073413

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Fort Lee VA, Post Newspaper write up on the exhibit:

 

http://www.ftleetraveller.com/news/local_n...1cc4c002e0.html