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New or Updated Pages: The California State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition or updating of the following pages (1 Jun 09):
 
Historic California Posts
Camp at Sacramento
Camp Allen (Santa Cruz County)
Camps at Santa Rosa
Camp Budd
Camp Columbus
California and the Indian Wars
The Temecula Massacre
The Pauma Massacre
Californians and the Military
José Antonio Castro: Commandante-General and Acting Governor of Alta California
Manuel Micheltorena: Commandante-General and Governor of Alta California
 
New or Updated Pages: The California State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition or updating of the following pages (28 Mar 09):
 
Spanish and Mexican California
Battle of Cahuenga Pass
Image Library
Online Album, 143rd Field Artillery Regiment, San Luis Obispo, 1929 and 1931
Online Album, 126th Medical Company
The Mexican War and California
Captain Archibald Gillespie's Report to Commodare Robert Stockton Concerning The Battle of San Pasqual
The Battle of Olómpal
California Militia and National Guard Unit Histories
Outline History of the California National Guard (1950)
Californians and the Military
Maj. Gen. George B. Cosby
 
New or Updated Pages: The California State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition or updating of the following pages (23 Mar 09):
 
The Mexican War and California
Brig. Gen. Stephen W. Kearny's Report on the March from New Mexico to California
Brig. Gen. Stephen W. Kearny's Report on the Battle of San Pasqual
History of the California State Military Forces
Lineage and Honors, 1114th Transportation Company
Hearldry of California State Military Forces
79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
The Civil War and California
I Will Call a Traitor a Traitor: Albert Sidney Johnston in San Francisco
 
New or Updated Pages: The California State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition or updating of the following pages (12 Mar 09):
 
The Mexican War and California
Siege of Los Angeles
Historic Posts, Stations and Airfields:
George Air Force Base
Norton Air Force Base
 
New or Updated Pages: The California State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition or updating of the following pages (2 Mar 09):
 
Historic Posts, Stations and Airfields:
Fort Mason
 
Museum Launches Image Library Program: The California State Military Museum has launched a new program to collect, store, digitize and make available to the images of California's vast military history. This program will build upon the museum's already quite sizable collection of California Natioanl Guard images. If you have a collection of photograqphs or a disk with digital images, please consider donateing them to the museum for posterity. For more information, CLICK HERE (18 Feb 09)
 
New or Updated Pages: The California State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition or updating of the following pages (18 Feb 09):
 
California and the Mexican War
The Pacific Theater of Naval Warfare in the Mexican-American War
California and the Civil War
Encampment of the 3rd Brigade, California Militia
Historic Posts, Stations and Airfields:
Salinas Army Air Base
Baker Gap Filler Annex
Fire Control Site No. 2, Bluff Cove
Coast Guard Receiving Station, Wilmington
California State Fairgrounds
Call Mountain Radio Relay Annex
Camp Elliot

 

 
Sacramento Museum Day: Once again, the annual Sacramento Museum Day held on Saturday, 7 February 2009, was an outstanding event for the museum. With approximately 2,000 visitors going through the museum in a seven hour period the museum was constagtntly filled from opening to closing. Added for the first time this year was a team from the US Army's Sacramento Recruiting Battalion who set up a 16-station Local Area Network (LAN) to play the latest edition of the "America's Army" computer game as well as a weapons simulator featuring the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, M4 Carbine, and the M9 Pistol. The following images show the highlights of the day.
 
 
Visitors enjoy the computer gaming and simulations presented by the U.S.Army
 
An idea of just how crowded the museum was during the height of the visitation.
 
Younger visitors learning about the Gatling Gun.
 
1st Lt Chuck Hiendell and SSgt Ron Crorouch from the State military Reserve's California Center for Military History explain the M1919A6 Machine Gun
 
Col. (Ret) Billie Miller mans the US Army Freedom Team Salute table.
 
 
New or Updated Pages: The California State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition or updating of the following pages (25 Jan 09):
 
California Militia and National Guard Unit Histories
The Eureka Guard Company: Company A, 10th Infantry Battalion (Including the Arcata Guard Company, Company B, 10th Infantry Battalion)
Heraldry of the California State Military Forces
Order of California
California Medal of Merit
California Commendation Medal
 
New or Updated Pages: The California State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition or updating of the following pages (15 Jan 09):
 
California Militia and National Guard Unit Histories
Integration of the California National Guard
Historic California Posts, Stations, and Airfields:
Orland Auxiliary Field
 
 
New or Updated Pages: The California State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition or updating of the following pages (3 Jan 09):
 
Historic California Posts, Stations, and Airfields:
Camp Tanforan
Alameda Mole Gun Emplacement Site
Army-Navy Distributing Center
Air Force Bulk Fuel Storage Facilities
Buttonwillow Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Chico Army Air Field
Clarksburg Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Davis Communications Annex
Sacramento Valley Radio Transmitter Station
Conners Auxiliary Field
Dibble General Hospital
China Beach Bivouac Area
Corcoran Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Tachi Farms Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Parr Richmond Terminal Military Reservation
 
New or Updated Pages: The California State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition or updating of the following pages (1 Jan 09):
 
Historic California Posts, Stations, and Airfields:
Huron Auxiliary Field
Indian Auxiliary Field
Madera Municipal Airport
New Jeruselum Auxiliary Field
Stockton Field
West Auxiliary Field
Willows Municipal Airport
California Militia and National Guard Unit Histories:
Shields Guard (Placer County)
 

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