Join us on April 15, 2023 at St. Charles County Regional Airport (Smartt Field). Hundreds of classic cars in all categories. No admission fee. Award winning BBQ served by Vets Rolling Smoke BBQ. Gates open at 7:00 AM. Click on the pdf to download the flyer: FLY...
Vietnam Veterans Day 29-MARCH 2023
On this day, 29 March, U.S. troops leave Vietnam. Many served their country just as their father had…. Many served because that’s what American men do… They believed in our country and principles…. They never shirked their duty… They fought heroically… They lost...

Central County Fire & Rescue Community Outreach Presents
A Veterans BBQ When: Sunday, March 26th 11:00 to 2:00 PM Where: 1 Timberbrook Drive, Saint Peters, MO 63376 Welcome all veterans! Please join us. For more information, email outreach@centralcountyfire.org.
Veteran Healing Gardens
Veteran Healing Gardens There’s a touch of spring in the air the last few days. OR IT MAY BE US HERE AT THE MUSEUM WISHFUL THINKING. The St. Charles County Veterans Museum has a handful of gardens available once again in 2023 for adoption. Most are partial, morning...
Five Time Purple Heart Recipient Visits Museum
Welcome to the Museum, Mark Sloan We had the pleasure of providing a tour to Mark Sloan. Mark is a long-time St. Peters resident, a Korean War Veteran, and FIVE-TIME Purple Heart recipient. Our Korean War Era Veterans and volunteers Art Minor (Air Force) and Chris...

Vietnam Veterans Remembrance Day
Please join us on Sunday March 26th. The ceremony begins at 1:00 PM. Refreshments will be served. Donations appreciated. Guest speaker, displays including an F-4 Phantom Jet. To download the flyer, click on the pdf below: VVRDay

Preserve Our Veteran’s Stories
Preserve Their Stories Every day we hear, my father, mother, or a grandparent served. We routinely ask, “did you preserve their story?” Most of the time the answer is no. Recording stories from veterans in your family not only helps to preserve their memory, but...
Veterans Needed! For Veterans History Project
Veterans Needed for Our Veterans History Project The museum is seeking veterans for our “Interview with Veterans” project. Using local high school students as interviewers, we record the story of our veterans and submit them to the Library of Congress in Washington...

Thank You STL Print Group!
Thank you to Beth Bruening and her team at STL Print Group at 8530 Page Avenue in St. Louis. STL Print Group provides clients with full-service printing from very basic digital and offset printing needs, business cards and corporate letterhead, to complicated...
Ralph Must Be Watching Over Us!
Ralph Must Be Watching Over Us! MUSEUM REOPENING SOON! Not many folks realize we had two floods affecting the museum in 2022. Flood number one happened on July 26th when our community experienced fourteen inches of rainfall. Our offsite storage facility flooded...
Repairs Are Complete! Reopening This Week!
Reopening This Week! Museum repairs are now complete. We've added a number of new exhibits and artifacts including a special relic direct from Pearl Harbor. We'll reopen this week. Due to a shortage of volunteers, we are limiting our spring hours to Friday and...
Thank You Jaycees and Museum Volunteers
Thank You Volunteers and Jaycees! Thanks to our amazing group of volunteers and the St. Charles Jaycees for their help on Saturday. The museum had two “flood events” in 2022. The first was in July when O’Fallon was soaked with 14 inches of rain. Our artifact...
Dogs For Our Brave Podcast
Dogs For Our Brave Last night, recording our podcast we met a special team from Dogs for Our Brave. They are located here in St. Louis in - wait for it, - “Dogtown.” Their mission is unique in that they provide professionally trained service dogs at NO COST to...
Bud’s Night at the Museum
World War II Hero Tells His Story! Paul “Bud” Haedike is a World War II veteran who flew 23 missions as a bombardier on a B-17 Flying Fortress. Bud and the crew were shot down on his first mission. Bud shared his exciting story with our museum guests on December...

Museum Temporarily Closed
Museum Damaged by Frozen, Burst Water Pipes Unfortunately, the museum had a couple of frozen pipes burst and subsequent water damage. We will need extensive repairs to the kitchen, restrooms, and hallways. We were fortunate there was no damage to displays or...
Veterans History Project
Veterans Wanted! We are looking for Veterans to share their story in our Interview with Heroes – Our Veterans project. For this project, local high school sophomores, juniors and seniors will interview our veterans. The interview will be video recorded and sent to...

Peace On Earth, Good Will to Men!
Peace on Earth In the midst of the Great War, on Christmas Eve, German and British troops sang Christmas carols to each other across the lines. There were reports that Allied soldiers even heard brass bands joining the joyous singing. At the first light of dawn on...
“Vet Shed” Completed!
Vet Shed Completed! Thank you to Vogel and Scott Lee Heating and Cooling for installing the gutters on our “Vet Shed.” TODAY, we can officially call the shed done! The project was started by Vision St. Charles County Leadership Class. The Vet Shed was built with...
Holiday Hours
Happy Holidays Christmas Holiday Hours Closed Saturday, December 24th for Christmas Eve Closed Sunday, December 25th for Christmas New Year's Holiday Hours Closed Saturday, December 31st for New Year’s Eve Closed Sunday, January 1st for New Year’s Day
Merry Christmas, Peace on Earth!
In the midst of the Great War, on Christmas Eve, German and British troops sang Christmas carols to each other across the lines. There were reports that Allied soldiers even heard brass bands joining the joyous singing. At the first light of dawn on Christmas Day,...

We Lost an Old Friend & American Hero
We lost a friend of the museum and an American Hero on 10-DEC 2022. Robert Wesley Garvey was 99 years old. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II as a B-24 Liberator waist gunner. Bob’s plane was shot down on his 30th mission. He parachuted safely,...

Museum Announces Plan for New Museum
The Dream Continues! The St. Charles County Veterans Museum announced in February 2022, they accepted an offer from the City of O’Fallon for a lease on a parcel of land in front of the Justice Center at 1019 Bryan Road for the express purpose of building a new...

Local Man Killed at Pearl Harbor, Comes Home
We Will Never Forget Our Fallen! Local man, Paul Louis Boemer, U.S. Navy Killed in Action at Pearl Harbor Comes Home 81 Years Later. Paul Louis Boemer was born on 29-JAN 1921 in St Louis, Missouri. Paul attended Cleveland High School. Six of Paul’s brothers went...
Pearl Harbor 7-DEC 1941
Remembering Local Men Killed at Pearl Harbor This year marks the 81st anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. It is estimated there are fewer than 1200 Pearl Harbor survivors alive. The attack killed 2,403 service members and wounded 1,178 more. Six U.S....
O’Fallon Firefighters Community Outreach
Thank You O'Fallon Firefighters Community Outreach Recently, the O’Fallon Firefighters Community Outreach team agreed to sponsor our Interview with Heroes – Our Veterans program for 2023. The Outreach team provides fundraising, donations and manpower to citizens and...

The Battle of Mogadishu
The Battle of Mogadishu The War on Terror has taught us, our soldiers are often in harm’s way. Danger lurks in places other than battlefields, such as humanitarian missions. U.S. forces had arrived in the war-torn Somalia in 1992 on a humanitarian mission to get food...
POW MIA National Day of Remembrance
National POW/MIA Remembrance Day 16-SEP 2022 The United States National POW/MIA Recognition Day is observed across the nation on the third Friday of September each year. In 2021, the Day of Recognition is observed today 17-SEPTEMBER. Americans take the time to...

Museum Dedicates New Memorial!
Fallen 13 Memorial Dedicated We’re very proud of the new Fallen 13 Memorial on the grounds of the museum. After hearing the news of the suicide bombing August 26th 2021, Kevin and Linda Hundhausen of Fredericktown Missouri were moved to build a memorial honoring our...
Fallen Heroes Memorial Wall Exhibit
Veterans and Athletes United Fallen Heroes Memorial Wall The Fallen Heroes Memorial Wall, a special exhibit by the St. Charles County Veterans Museum, is closing on Monday morning August 29th. Click on this link to view the memorial. wall ending - SD 480p Though the...

World War II Veteran Visits the Museum
World War II Flying Fortress Bombardier Always nice with visit with Paul “Bud” Haedike. Bud is a World War II veteran who flew as a bombardier on a B-17 Flying Fortress named the “E-RAT-ICATOR.” After being shot down on his first mission, Bud went on to fly another...

Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association
Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association Visits the Museum We were honored to provide a tour on Sunday for the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association Troy Missouri Chapter. Their mission is to support and protect those who have defended our country and freedoms. The...

Fallen 13 Memorial Installed on Museum Grounds
Today we installed a very special memorial on the museum grounds, The Fallen 13 Memorial honors the thirteen killed by a suicide bomber last year at Kabul Airport on 26-AUG 2021. The memorial was commissioned by two patriots from Fredericktown Missouri. Linda and...

Thank You to the O’Fallon Hoots!
Thank You O'Fallon Hoots! Our thanks to the O’Fallon Hoots Baseball Club, our neighbors here in O’Fallon MO. The museum was a recent beneficiary of their Military Night on June 18th. The St. Charles County Veterans Museum presented a Certificate of Appreciation to...
Purple Heart Day
Tonight, the museum is illuminated in purple to honor our servicemen wounded or killed in action while serving our country. Purple Heart Day, observed on August 7th, is a time for Americans to pause to remember and honor the brave men and women who were either...
Korean War Veterans Day Ceremony
Honoring Our Korean War Veterans On Sunday, July 31st, the museum honored our Korean War Veterans. Before the ceremony began, the audience was entertained with wonderful patriotic music by the After Hours Community Band. Our Master of Ceremonies was Chris...
Residents from Twin Oaks Visit the Museum
Welcome Twin Oaks Residents The museum was pleased to welcome 14 residents from Twin Oaks Senior Living in O’Fallon MO today. Many thanks to Ashley and Kaitlin for bringing these fine folks to visit us. We enjoyed meeting all of you and hope to see you again! Group...
Wilford N. “Rippy” Dixon’s Niece Visits Museum
An American Hero It was an honor to visit with Sandi Rimpson the other day. Sandi is the niece of one of our heroes in the museum. Her uncle was Wilford N. “Rippy” Dixson. Rippy was a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment. His...
WWII Veteran Jim Feltz Visits the Museum
U.S.S Plunkett. The Unsinkable Destroyer of WWII Today, three generations of family members of James Dale Feltz visited the museum to see his display. Jim served on the U.S.S. Plunkett (DD-431) in the Mediterranean during World War II. The Plunkett, a Gleaves Class...
Cottleville – Our Newest Purple Heart City
New Purple Heart City in Our County Cottleville Missouri was recently designated as a "Purple Heart City" by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Missouri Chapter 125. The Cottleville City Council, at its May 18th meeting, announced and declared Cottleville a...

Thank You Wright Construction!
Giving Back to the Community. It was an honor to offer employees of Wright Construction, a St. Peters based company a personal, afterhours tour of the museum on Monday. Wright Construction is a premier commercial, industrial general contractor, the largest in St....
Museum Wins Most Patriotic Float!
On July Fourth, the museum took part in the Heritage and Freedom Festival parade in O'Fallon. We live in a wonderful community, and it was heartwarming to see how our neighbors love and appreciate the sacrifices of our veterans. We won 1st Place for Most Patriotic...
Thank You Show Me Mustang Club
Today the museum hosted the Show Me Mustang Club. The Mustang has been an icon since it was first produced in 1964. Today, dozens of these beautiful American Muscle Cars paraded into our lot and filled the corral at the museum. They are as beautiful under the hood...
Mustang Car Display
The Show-Me Mustang Club will return to the St. Charles County Veterans Museum on Saturday 25-JUN 2022. Free admission to the Museum and the display. The event includes children’s activities. The Museum will serve grilled items such as hot dogs, brats, and burgers...

Womens Veterans Day June 12th
Thank You Women Veterans! Did you know that June 12 is designated as Women Veterans Day? The first Women Veterans Day was held June 12, 2018, marking the 70th anniversary of the groundbreaking Women's Armed Services Integration Act, signed into law by President Harry...
The U.S.S Frank E. Evans, “The Collision”
On June 3rd, 1969, 53 years ago the destroyer U.S.S Frank E. Evans was participating in SEATO war games in the South China Sea. Just days before, the Evans and her crew earned two Vietnam Service Medals on the “gun line” supporting ground troops in South Vietnam. On...
Freedom is Never Free!
On Memorial Day we take time to honor and remember the fallen. By telling their stories and remembering them, we honor them. Say a prayer this Memorial Day to thank the fallen that gave their life, for your freedom. [video width="1280" height="720"...
Thank You Mayors’ of St. Charles County
Thank you to the Mayors of St. Charles County for hosting the Mayors’ Ball in April. We live in a generous community led by amazing leaders. The museum was selected to be a beneficiary of the charity event and the other day we received a significant donation. Our...
Thank You Central States Manufacturing!
Many thanks to Central States Manufacturing of St. Peters and their Community Outreach Program. Their help at our Corvette Show on Saturday was greatly appreciated. At a time when the museum is struggling to find volunteers, Mike, A.J., David, and Jason saved the...

Our Favorite Stories – Eric Larson
Eric "Boomer" Larson shares one of his favorite stories. Stephen K. Scott was born in North St. Louis County Missouri, graduated from Riverview Gardens High School in 1971, joined the Army in 1973. He would serve 35 years before being killed in Iraq just weeks...
29-APR 1945, Dachau Liberated
On this day on 29-APR 1945, Dachau was liberated by U.S. Troops. Dachau, was the first concentration camp built by Nazi Germany, opening on 22-MAR 1933. The camp was initially intended to intern Hitler's political opponents which consisted of communists, social...