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Pennsylvania Military Museum
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Main museum building
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Established 1968 (1968)
Location Boalsburg, Pennsylvania
Type Military museum

The Pennsylvania Military Museum is a museum dedicated to the military history of Pennsylvania in Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, established in 1968. It is operated by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Monuments

28th Division Shrine at Pennsylvania Military Museum
28th Division Shrine

The monuments and memorials at the Pennsylvania Military Museum currently include:

  • 103rd Engineers Memorial Fountain
  • 103rd Medical Battalion Memorial
  • 107th Field Artillery Memorial
  • 108th Field Artillery Memorial
  • 108th Machine Gun Battalion Memorial
  • 109th Field Artillery Train Wreck Memorial
  • 109th Infantry Field Artillery Memorial
  • 109th Infantry Memorial
  • 109th Machine Gun Battalion
  • 110th Infantry Memorial
  • 111th Infantry Memorial
  • 112th Infantry Memorial
  • 112th Machine Gun Battalion Memorial
  • 1st Lieutenant Henry Lami Memorial
  • 28th Division Global War on Terror Monument
  • 28th Division Memorial
  • 28th Signal Battalion
  • 2nd Brigade Combat Team
  • Bazooka Boogie Monument
  • Brigadier General Edward Sigerfoos Memorial
  • General Asher Miner Memorial
  • Headquarters Troop Memorial
  • Korean Call Up Monument
  • Lieutenant Colonel James A. Shannon Memorial
  • Major Thomas B. Anderson Memorial
  • Shrine To Colonel Theodore D. Boal
  • Wallace W. Fetzer Memorial
  • World War I Officers Memory Wall
  • World War II Memory Wall

The museum also features two guns from the battleship USS Pennsylvania.

Exterior displays

  • M4A1(76)W Sherman Tank
  • M60A3 Tank
  • M42A1 Duster
  • M59 APC
  • M114A2 155mm Howitzer
  • 4.5" Howitzer
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