National Society of the Scabbard and Blade prepares to open HQ in veterans museum

  • The Pottawatomie County Veterans Educational Museum is reflected in the black granite panels of the Oklahoma Veterans Memorial Wall at the Oklahoma Veterans Memorial in Woodland Veterans Park. Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee President Bill Ford recently reflected on the history of the memorial park and military museum, and retired Major General Douglas Dollar shared information on the National Society of the Scabbard and Blade opening their headquarters in the museum.
    The Pottawatomie County Veterans Educational Museum is reflected in the black granite panels of the Oklahoma Veterans Memorial Wall at the Oklahoma Veterans Memorial in Woodland Veterans Park. Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee President Bill Ford recently reflected on the history of the memorial park and military museum, and retired Major General Douglas Dollar shared information on the National Society of the Scabbard and Blade opening their headquarters in the museum.
  • Retired Major General Douglas Dollar
    Retired Major General Douglas Dollar
  • The National Society of the Scabbard and Blade's new office is shown inside the Pottawatomie County Veterans Educational Museum at 331 N. Broadway in Shawnee. It is the latest addition to the museum, which already houses the Oklahoma Military Heritage Foundation and the Gold Star Families Room, on the first floor. The second floor has rooms dedicated to each U.S. war, beginning with the Revolutionary War.
    The National Society of the Scabbard and Blade's new office is shown inside the Pottawatomie County Veterans Educational Museum at 331 N. Broadway in Shawnee. It is the latest addition to the museum, which already houses the Oklahoma Military Heritage Foundation and the Gold Star Families Room, on the first floor. The second floor has rooms dedicated to each U.S. war, beginning with the Revolutionary War.
  • Shawnee Milling Company Owner Bill Ford is the Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee President and a veteran who served in Korea, from Dec. 1964 to 1965. Ford recently recounted how he and his committee brought about the Oklahoma Veterans Memorial and the Pottawatomie County Veterans Educational Museum.
    Shawnee Milling Company Owner Bill Ford is the Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee President and a veteran who served in Korea, from Dec. 1964 to 1965. Ford recently recounted how he and his committee brought about the Oklahoma Veterans Memorial and the Pottawatomie County Veterans Educational Museum.
  • Next to the Oklahoma Veterans Memorial at Woodland Veterans Park in Shawnee, the Pottawatomie County Veterans Educational Museum is the new national headquarters for the National Society of Scabbard and Blade. Photos by Natasha Dunagan, Countywide & Sun
    Next to the Oklahoma Veterans Memorial at Woodland Veterans Park in Shawnee, the Pottawatomie County Veterans Educational Museum is the new national headquarters for the National Society of Scabbard and Blade. Photos by Natasha Dunagan, Countywide & Sun
  • Members of the Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee pose with local artist Joyce Marsh and the Pott. Co. Commissioners at the Pott. Co. Veterans Educational Museum in Dec. 2025. Prints of Marsh's military artwork, which belonged to Bill Ford, decorate the museum. Shown, front row from left, are County Commissioners Abby Thompson and Melissa Dennis, Marsh, Barbara White, Ford, James Bryce, County Commissioner Greg Rush, back row, Jerry Shiles, Museum Director Doug Warden and Douglas Dollar. File photo
    Members of the Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee pose with local artist Joyce Marsh and the Pott. Co. Commissioners at the Pott. Co. Veterans Educational Museum in Dec. 2025. Prints of Marsh's military artwork, which belonged to Bill Ford, decorate the museum. Shown, front row from left, are County Commissioners Abby Thompson and Melissa Dennis, Marsh, Barbara White, Ford, James Bryce, County Commissioner Greg Rush, back row, Jerry Shiles, Museum Director Doug Warden and Douglas Dollar. File photo

    Nationally, the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) has more than 1,700 units in colleges, and there are around 3,300 Junior ROTC high school units, according to an email from Retired Major General Douglas Dollar, Executive Director for the National Society of the Scabbard & Blade (NSSB).

    The NSSB is the military honor society for ROTC and JROTC, and currently, Dollar is establishing their …