History Center offers free admission to vets on Memorial Day weekend
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The Senator John Heinz History Center will offer free admission to veterans and active duty military on Memorial Day weekend, May 25-27, in conjunction with The Vietnam War: 1945-1975 exhibition.
Developed in partnership with the New-York Historical Society, The Vietnam War: 1945-1975 uses powerful photography, fascinating artifacts, and more than 20 audio/visual displays to tell the stories of the men and women who were impacted by the war, from the home front to the front lines.
Visitors can peer into the cockpit of the exhibit’s largest and most iconic artifact – a UH-1H “Huey” helicopter with a 48-foot wingspan used by the U.S. Army from 1967-1970.
The exhibit also features a 22-foot-wide, 8-foot-tall replica of the Vietnam War Memorial that includes the names of 752 Americans killed during the war from eight counties in Western Pennsylvania (Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Washington, and Westmoreland).