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The National Museum of the United States Army officially opens to the public on Veteran's Day

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The National Museum of the United States Army opened to the public on Veteran’s Day.
The public and privately-funded museum cost $200 million to build, and construction broke ground in 2016, the release said. The 185,000 square-foot main building will display Army artifacts, documents, images and artwork, most of which have never been seen by the public. A few notable artifacts will be on display: The M3 Bradley Cavalry Fighting Vehicle that led the 2003 charge from Kuwait to Baghdad, the M4A3E2 Sherman „Jumbo“ Tank that broke through German lines during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II, and one of the few remaining „Higgins boats“ that carried U.

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