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Gettysburg History Museum

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Patrick M. Slattery
Patrick M. Slattery
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Gettysburg History Museum​

I first learned of the Gettysburg History Museum from the YouTube channel The History Underground.
When I visited Gettysburg on my trip driving from Miami, home to Vermont I made sure to carve out some time to visit the museum. It's a small place, I walked right past it even knowing what block it was on. Inside it is absolutely jam packed with relics of the Battle of Gettysburg and many items from World War II.

Below are some of the photos I took there.
Let me be 100% clear on my opinion of the Nazi's: The only good Nazi is a dead Nazi

Jewish star​

With a SS officers Totenkopf cap beside it. Gettysburg History Museum - Jewish star

World War II​

Audie Murphy's uniform​

Medal of Honor winner who was the most decorated American combat soldier of World War II Gettysburg History Museum - audie murphy uniform

A clock from Hiroshima​

Gettysburg History Museum - clock from hiroshima

D-Day landing craft prop​

Gettysburg History Museum - D-Day landing craft prop

Dick Winters coat from Bastogne​

Dick Winters was the commander of Easy Company made famous by the book and TV miniseries Band Of Brothers. He lived in Pennsylvania and part of his wartime collection is displayed at the the museum. Gettysburg History Museum - Dick Winters coat from Bastogne

Dick Winters gear​

Gettysburg History Museum - Dick Winters gear

Filthy 13 D-Day uniform​

See The Filthy Thirteen Gettysburg History Museum - Filthy 13 D-Day uniform

Marilyn Monroe​

The museum has a room dedicated to JFK memorabilia and this 36C bra that once belonged to Marilyn Monroe was in that room, no mention of if it was found on the floor of the Lincoln Bedroom ;-)
I took a picture of this as I had suspected that I had seen it before at the Marilyn Monroe auction I attended in 1999 in NYC. I didn't find it in the auction catalog though so it must have been purchased at one of the other auctions of her personal effects in the time since.
Gettysburg History Museum - Marilyn's bra

War booty taken from Nazi scum​

Nazi party standard​

One of the infamous standards used at Nazi party rallies in Nuremberg etc. Gettysburg History Museum - nazi party standard

Sepp Dietrich's SS General uniform​

Gettysburg History Museum - sepp dietrichs ss uniform

The keys to the Eagles Nest​

Gettysburg History Museum - the keys to the eagles nest

Herman Goering's pistol​

Gettysburg History Museum - goerings pistol

Himmler's copy of Mien Kampf​

Gettysburg History Museum - himmlers copy of mien kampf

Hitler's foot stool​

From the Führerbunker in Berlin
Gettysburg History Museum - hitlers foot stool

Hitler's shirt​

Gettysburg History Museum - hitlers shirt

Hitler's silver tea set​

Gettysburg History Museum - hitlers silver sign Gettysburg History Museum - hitlers silver

Proof that Hitler is dead​

When I took these pictures in September 2024 it was not yet publicly proven that the blood stain on the piece of cloth was from Adolf Hitler, since then it has been proven pretty conclusively via DNA testing that it was his blood, thus giving us prima facie evidence that Hitler really did commit suicide in the Führerbunker in Berlin in April 1945.

Gettysburg History Museum - hitlers suicide couch piece 01 Gettysburg History Museum - hitlers suicide couch piece 02