Veterans Memorial Committee Tours Former Carnegie Library

  • Members of the Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee and a few others toured the former Shawnee Carnegie Library - and most recently District Attorney's Office - on Sept. 5 in consideration of turning it into a Veterans Museum. Shown, from left, are Gordon Richards, Jr., Barbara White, Al Brase, James Bryce, Price, Bob Winchell, Ford and James Wear.
    Members of the Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee and a few others toured the former Shawnee Carnegie Library - and most recently District Attorney's Office - on Sept. 5 in consideration of turning it into a Veterans Museum. Shown, from left, are Gordon Richards, Jr., Barbara White, Al Brase, James Bryce, Price, Bob Winchell, Ford and James Wear.
  • Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee President Bill Ford and Pott. County Facility Maintenance Technician Thad Campbell descend the marble stairs of the former District Attorney's Office on Sept. 5. The committee toured the old Carnegie Library, as approved by the County Commissioners, in hopes of making it a Veterans Museum. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
    Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee President Bill Ford and Pott. County Facility Maintenance Technician Thad Campbell descend the marble stairs of the former District Attorney's Office on Sept. 5. The committee toured the old Carnegie Library, as approved by the County Commissioners, in hopes of making it a Veterans Museum. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
  • Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee Considers Carnegie Library for Museum
    Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee Considers Carnegie Library for Museum
  • Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee Considers Carnegie Library for Museum
    Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee Considers Carnegie Library for Museum
  • Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee Considers Carnegie Library for Museum
    Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee Considers Carnegie Library for Museum
  • Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee Considers Carnegie Library for Museum
    Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee Considers Carnegie Library for Museum
  • Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee Considers Carnegie Library for Museum
    Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee Considers Carnegie Library for Museum
  • Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee Considers Carnegie Library for Museum
    Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee Considers Carnegie Library for Museum
  • Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee Considers Carnegie Library for Museum
    Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee Considers Carnegie Library for Museum
  • Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee Considers Carnegie Library for Museum
    Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee Considers Carnegie Library for Museum
  • Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee Considers Carnegie Library for Museum
    Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee Considers Carnegie Library for Museum
  • Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee Considers Carnegie Library for Museum
    Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee Considers Carnegie Library for Museum
  • Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee Considers Carnegie Library for Museum
    Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee Considers Carnegie Library for Museum
  • Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee Considers Carnegie Library for Museum
    Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee Considers Carnegie Library for Museum
  • Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee Considers Carnegie Library for Museum
    Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee Considers Carnegie Library for Museum
    Korean War veteran Tom Smith had a dream which has grown into the Woodland Veterans Park with several monuments, including the Oklahoma Veterans Wall and most recently, the Gold Star Families Memorial. And beginning about five years ago, Smith began to dream of a veterans museum in the former Shawnee Carnegie Library, right next door to the park. The two-story library buildi...

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