April 14, 2021

Museum Expansion Plan Achieves Critical Milestone – April 2021

An important milestone has been reached in the Foundation’s plan to expand AMEDD Museum access to the public. The official Foundation “proffer”, which details the Capital Campaign Phase 1 expansion plan, left JBSA in mid-April on its way to the Secretary of the Air Force. In order for the construction phase to actual begin, an official offer, known as a “proffer” was made by the Foundation in April 2019 to the joint base Commander. After […]
February 1, 2021

Foundation celebrates CPL Maurice Zolkower – Combat Medic on this 100th Birthday, 6 February 2021

  The Foundation was recently honored to present Corporal Maurice Zolkower with a Combat Medic statue on the occasion of his hundredth birthday, February 6, 2021. Known as Murray, CPL Zolkower was born in New York City, graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1938, and was in his first year of pharmacy school at Columbia University when the princely sum of $15/month enticed him into joining the New York National Guard, B Co, 114th Infantry. […]
December 19, 2020

Senior General Officers Visit Museum to Support Capital Campaign Goals – Nov 16 2020

Recently the Foundation’s Capital Campaign goal of opening the Museum to public access moved another step nearer to reality. On November 16, Foundation VP for Buildings and Grounds, COL (R) CEM Maxwell, met with the Joint Base Commanding General, Brigadier General Caroline Miller and the AMEDD Center of Excellence (COE) Commander, Major General Dennis LeMaster at the AMEDD Museum.  Also present were the Joint Base Civil Engineer and his Deputy as well as Randy Anderson from […]
September 21, 2020

AMEDD Museum Foundation Announces Receipt of $480,000 Capital Campaign Grant – September 2020

The AMEDD Museum Foundation is proud to announce the receipt of an extraordinary grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).  The grant, valued at $480,000, was received in August based on a grant application made by the Foundation staff earlier this year. Part of the “Save America’s Treasures” program, the IMLS distributed these grants and the matching funds to support the preservation of nationally significant historic properties and collections across America.  In […]
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