Kensington Veterans Memorial Military Museum - Kensington, PEI
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Kensington Veteran’s Memorial Military Museum is located on Victoria Street West beside the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #9 in Kensington, Prince Edward Island.
Waymark Code: WMHWWY
Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada
Date Posted: 08/21/2013
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Opened in 1985. Collection of Canadian and other military memorabilia, mostly from World War I, World War II, and the Korean War.
"The Kensington Veterans Memorial Military Museum, which is affiliated with the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa. The Museum is open from July 1st to the end of September, six days a week, and to the end of November by appointment. The Museum houses many artifacts from World War I, World War II, and the Korean Conflict." (
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"Within the museum, one can find uniforms, medals, hand weapons, flags, photographs and maps from the Boer War, the First and Second World Wars, and the Korean War. The aim of the Island Narratives project for the museum was to properly catalogue, document, photograph, and store all of the artifacts in the Veterans Memorial Military Museum as well as entering them into the Past Perfect Software. There have been over 1000 books documented and catalogued to date and this will allow the public better utilization of the literary materials within the Kensington Legion and the Veteran's Memorial Military Museum. Artifacts of interest within the museum have been researched in depth and provided this information to the public through the Island Narratives Website. This will allow visitors to the website and to the Veteran's Museum to learn more about their significance in history.
Photos of the museum's artifacts as well as interesting war stories from Kensington have also been collected. Significant and unique contributions by local Veteran's during the war effort are featured on the Island Narratives website documenting extreme bravery and self-sacrifice. An interview with a local Veteran from the Second World War also provided a first hand experience to this project. Over 70 images and documents have been uploaded to the "Digital Collections" section of the Island Narratives website. The collection is organized in subjects: Air Force, Army, Literature, Navy, Memorials, Personal Artifacts, Veterans, Weapons, and Women.
Maintaining and sharing this history with future generations is very important so that the sacrifices made by so many brave men and women will not be forgotten. The Veteran's Memorial Museum is open seasonally from June to September, daily from 9:30am-4:30pm." (
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