It has been years, decades even, in the making but on Tuesday, the National Medal of Honor Museum opened its doors to the public in Arlington, Texas.
“Our mission is pretty simple,” Chris Cassidy, CEO and president of the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation, told Military Times. “Our aim is to inspire Americans through stories like Tommy’s [Norris] of courage, sacrifice, service to others, service over self, through the interaction of those stories in the museum to bring that into one’s own life.”
The 100,000-square-foot museum boasts exhibits such as “More Than a Medal,” which explores the “ordinary lives” of medal recipients, like Marine Kyle Carpenter, and an interactive display featuring interviews with the 61 Medal of Honor recipients living today.
