Michigan Military Heritage Museum

08/29/2026

Today we were able to remove the old trench, install the next 8' base and prepare for the completion! We also were able to move into the WWII area and re work the USMC displays. All in all a productive day at the museum!

08/28/2026

Today we added some mannequins to the new trench section. These utilize some neat hideaway mounts so there isn't a large silver base looking silly! For that we thank our master fabricator, volunteer, and friend, Brian Murphy who designed them to work with our existing mannequin hardware. Still more to come, but the progress it yielding great results!

08/27/2026

Huge progress made yesterday with the Home Depot folks and our amazing volunteers. Another 16' of trench installed with new higher walls and more of the WWI posters added for your viewing pleasure! Stop in, see the progress, learn some history, and ask how you too can get involved. All of this takes time, effort, and certainly a bit of money but thanks to wonderful donors like you all, we have and continue to make it happen! If you can't get physically involved, then feel free to visit our web site and make a donation so that we can continue to honor Michigan's military history and its veterans! mimilitaryheritagemuseum.org.

08/27/2026

Always improving.

Home Depot volunteers to help remodel Michigan’s Military Heritage Museum 🔽

08/26/2026

Today we were once again honored to have members of Jackson's home Depot out to help us with our remodeling project. Team Depot Manager Josh led the effort and much work is getting done. Tune in to WILX News 10 tonight to see more!

08/26/2026

We are one month away from the drawing! Don’t miss your change at taking home some beef. Message us to buy tickets online, stop by the museum, or at Rives Quality Meats. All proceeds go to support the museum and its mission.

08/25/2026

Volunteer Richard has been working on the track lighting in the new trench. So far so good with a great effect. We will likely add two more lamps to the track to highlight the mannequins a bit better.

08/22/2026

Today we had Ari, Andrew, Richard, and Kevin and more trench work was done. A new wall was added, some staining and painting done, and all of the prep for the track lighting was completed. Much more to come soon!

08/22/2026

Sometimes stories just find us! About two weeks ago we were contacted by a gentleman from Switzerland about a WWII Purple Heart Medal that was awarded to a soldier from Detroit. Robert F. Doherty was from Detroit and was born in 1911. He was working as an architect prior to enlistment in the Army and he was married. We haven't been able to find much more other than he was wounded by a landmine in the foot and face. Robert was discharged in November of 1945 as a Corporal. To say this medal has had an incredible journey is an understatement and we are proud to be able to share a small part of Corporal Doherty's life.

08/21/2026

Today we were back to the trench work only on an entire new section of the museum. We were able to relocate a wall and add 16' of new trench for our WWI mannequins and posters. Huge shout out to the volunteers Jim, David, Tom, Ethan, and Kevin who came in today to get this done!