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Honoring All Veterans ¶ All Service Branches ¶ All U.S. Wars |
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REGIONAL MILITARY MUSEUM |
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Museum SPECIAL EVENTs |
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[Click on thumbnail view to open photo. - UNDER CONSTRUCTION] |
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Proud member of the American Association of Museums |
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The late Mr. Marvin Perrett is at the helm of the LCVP which is now named in his honor. |
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Admiral William Merlin, USCG, ret., presides as Master of Ceremony for the event. |
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Rear Admiral Mary Landry pictured with museum members “Cotton” Talbott and Virginia DeFraites. |
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The new commemorative propeller installed on the bulkhead of the LCVP Marvin Perrett |
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Mrs. Melissa Perrett Cook, daughter of Mr. Perrett, christens the Marvin Perrett. |
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Rear Admiral Mary Landry, US Coast Guard, and her husband, Captain Mark Landry, USCG, ret., attend the christening. |
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Mr. and Mrs. Bob Murphy, Melissa Perrett Cook, Lindsay Cook, and C. J. Christ enjoy the after-christening dinner. |
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Attending the ceremony was Mrs. Dawn Higgins Murphy, daughter of Mr. Andrew Jackson Higgins, designer and builder of the “The Boats That Won the War”. |
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The christening of the LCVP Marvin Perrett. The museum received a generous donation of an LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) from Mr. Rick Kogler of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Mr. Kogler and Mr. Marvin Perrett were close personal friends, and Mr. Kogler requested that we re-christen the craft in memory of Mr. Marvin Perrett. Mr. Perrett was a coxswain on a landing craft for the invasion of Normandy, D-Day, June 6, 1944. Later in WWII, Mr. Perrett was transferred to the Pacific Theatre, where he drove a landing craft for the invasion of both Iwo Jima and Okinawa. |
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June 6, 2009 - D-Day Anniversary, LCVP Christening, Dulac Shipyard, Houma |
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Board Member Will Theriot lining up in “The Hawk” for the Fourth of July parade. For the Fourth of July, the museum helped citizens celebrate our independence with three activities, starting with a memorial service at Veterans Memorial Park, continuing with a parade along Highway 311 from the Park to the Houma Civic Center, and ending with music, attractions, free food and drinks, and fireworks on the grounds of the Civic Center. The event was co-sponsored by SEECA eye specialists, HTV-Channel 10 (Houma), and the Regional Military Museum. |
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Board Member “Sarge” Henry’s volunteers prepare the 2000 hotdogs to be given away at the Civic Center |
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Casey brothers Carlton and John, students at Vandebilt Catholic School, serve as reenactors during the parade. |
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Capping off a day of celebration was an exciting fireworks display. |
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Two F-15 fighter jets fly over the celebration site, Houma Civic Center. |
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July 4, 2009 - Independence Day Ceremony, Parade, and Firewor.ks, Houma |
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Our newest acquisition, an LCVP, won the Best Decorated Boat contest in the Save Our Wetlands boat parade. Members of the media from local newspaper, radio, and television outlets were carried on the museum boat. |
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June 1, 2009 - Save Our Wetlands boat parade, Downtown Marina, Houma |
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May 25, 2009 - Memorial Day Ceremony, Regional Military Museum, Houma |
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION |
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(MORE PHOTOS COMING SOON!) |
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The Regional Military Museum is proud to announce its newest acquisition - President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Air Force One, a U4B Aerocommander. It was acquired through the auspices of the Wedell Williams Memorial Foundation in Patterson, Louisiana. |
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Coming Soon, 2010 - President Eisenhower Air Force One plane, Houma |
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The Presidential Seal displayed on the side of Air Force One during the Eisenhower administration. |
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The Best Decorated Boat award certificate and check were presented on behalf of the organization Last Stand for America’s Wetland. |