Major General William C Lee Airborne Museum

Major General William C Lee Airborne Museum General William C. Lee creating, training, and forming Americas first airborne units. The city of Dunn, N.C. is very proud to have the General William C.

Lee Airborne Museum as one of its treasures. Lee is considered the "Father of the American Airborne". After fighting off much resistance from some "old school" top brass General Lee finally got the go ahead to create the airborne from the president of the USA! The museum houses General William C. Lees family items and items pertaining to General Lees military career. From his service in WW1, then

his heroic efforts and tireless work in WW2 to create the American airborne from nothing to a highly trained and combat ready fighting
force in just a few months. Many early rare and one of a kind US paratrooper items are on display. The war for the airborne soldier was just starting when the paratroopers jumped from the plane. To show what General Lees paratroopers were up against in WW2 rare German and Japanese war relics are also on display. Education, unique items and history on all 3 floors.

We had a great day at our 40th Anniversary/D-Day Event at the museum! We had over 130 visitors! The day was full of WW2 ...
06/07/2026

We had a great day at our 40th Anniversary/D-Day Event at the museum! We had over 130 visitors! The day was full of WW2 reenactors/living history, historical wargames and great conversations! Thank you to everyone who came out to support this event and a special thank you to all of the volunteers/reenactors, without you all this day would not have been possible!

Here’s to 40 years of sharing the legacy of Major General William Carey Lee and his paratroopers who changed the course of history!!

06/04/2026

General William C. Lee from Dunn, NC, is the man who originated the idea of using paratroopers in the American military.

Not mentioned but the event this Saturday is also celebrating the museums 40th anniversary and that we will have several...
06/04/2026

Not mentioned but the event this Saturday is also celebrating the museums 40th anniversary and that we will have several D-Day themed tabletop wargames going on from 10-4pm. Open to the public, free event!

General William C. Lee from Dunn, NC, is the man who originated the idea of using paratroopers in the American military.

06/03/2026

Tune in tonight to see what we have going on this Saturday at our 40th Anniversary celebration/D-Day Event!

We are just a little over a week away from our June 6th Event! Hope to see y’all there!
05/29/2026

We are just a little over a week away from our June 6th Event! Hope to see y’all there!

Saturday, June 6, will be a day to remember and not just for the D-Day landings at Normandy that changed the course of World War II 82 years ago. Saturday

Paragon Property Services did a fantastic job power washing the front of the museum! We strongly recommend this veteran ...
05/25/2026

Paragon Property Services did a fantastic job power washing the front of the museum! We strongly recommend this veteran owned company! Thank yall again!

05/17/2026
We are a few weeks away from our June 6th event in which we will be celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Museum and r...
05/13/2026

We are a few weeks away from our June 6th event in which we will be celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Museum and remembering the 82nd Anniversary of Operation Overlord (D-Day).

In addition to the other things we have planned for that day, a friend of the museum, Brad Williams, will be here portraying a WW2 sailor and talking about the Navy's role during D-Day and Operation Overlord!

03/05/2026

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12/31/2025

The Museum will be closed tomorrow for New Years Day. We will reopen Friday Jan. 2nd.
We wish everyone a Happy New Year!

Address

209 W Divine Street
Dunn, NC
28334

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 10am - 4:30pm
Thursday 10am - 4:30pm
Friday 10am - 4:30pm
Saturday 11am - 3pm

Telephone

(910) 892-1947

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