Sunday, August 3, 2014

Camp Mabry

Yesterday I decided to visit Camp Mabry.  Home of Texas' military forces.  What I was looking for was to visit their excellent military history museum and to find five historical markers.  Three of the markers were listed on HMdb.org's Want List. 

I highly recommend the museum if you are in Austin.  It has some great resources about the history of Texas military forces along with a lot of heavy hardware both inside and outside of the museum. We are talking weapons, tanks, airplanes and more. And best of all, it is free!

I was completely successful finding the markers I came to find plus one oddball marker that was behind a fence in an semi abandoned vehicle storage area.

Collage of the five markers I came to find

The strange hidden marker

This has all the trappings of a historical marker.  Made out of sturdy material, such as the granite used here.  State of Texas seal.  But all it has is a list of names of military personnel and dates and it was in a fenced in "junk" area.

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