NO ONE LEFT BEHIND
NO ONE FORGOTTEN
Jefferson Barracks
POW-MIA Museum
16-18 Hancock Ave., St.Louis, MO 63125
The Museum is Now Open Saturdays and Sundays from 10-2
WHY A POW-MIA MUSEUM?
“While we can debate the rights and wrongs of war, what is not open to debate is what these men and women did for their country. This country called, and they answered that call, and many did not return.
People ask why this is important, it’s important because this country sent men and women into harms way and made them a promise. The promise was that they would be returned and it is a promise made not just by our government and our military, it was a promise made by each individual American. Each one of these men and women were somebody’s father or mother, they were somebody’s brother or sister, they were somebody’s husband or wife. All of us are those mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, brothers and sisters. That makes the promise we made to them one husband or wife to another, one mother or father to another, one brother or sister to another, and this is a promise that we’re determined to keep.” – Joint POW-MIA Accounting Command
The Jefferson Barracks POW-MIA Museum will be a part of this promise, a part of that commitment with which we have been entrusted. A commitment through which our fellow Americans will be able to see and understand — a promise made, and a promise kept.
Latest Museum Updates
Thank you to our first POW-MIA Campus(sm), the Hillsboro School District. Congratulations on your successful Hillsboro Hawks fourth annual POW-MIA remembrance ceremony and football game.
Also, the Hillsboro Intermediate School was holding a POW/MIA vigil from 6:00 am - midnight.
We appreciate your dedication, support, and generous donations.
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Thank you so much to all the wonderful students & staff @ Hillsboro and the beloved members of the POW MIA Museum. Your love, dedication & consideration is appreciated far beyond what you could ever imagine. As the family of one of their honored…I humbly say thank you for never forgetting! 🇺🇸🪖❤️
Please join us for a commemorative evening recognizing the ultimate sacrifices of our service members and remembering POW-MIA. As the communities of Hillsboro & Washington come together in honor of our brave men and women.
Ceremony 5:30pm
Game 7:30pm
#YouAreNotForgotten #MilitaryAppreciation
Some of the activities / events our board members will be involved with in recognizing this year's National POW-MIA Recognition Day:
Friday, 9/13/24 - the JB POW-MIA Campus(sm) at Hillsboro Intermediate School will hold a POW/MIA vigil from 6:00 am - midnight. The Hillsboro POW-MIA Remembrance Football Game at Hillsboro High School, ceremony at 5:30 pm.
Thursday-Friday, 9/19-20/24 - POW-MIA Reemembrance Day 24 Hour Vigil Run. Opening Ceremony, 4:30 pm on Thursday, 9/19, at Scott Air Force Base.
Saturday, 9/21/24 - Battle of the Bulge Reunion Tour at JBPMM at 11:00 am.
DPAA recovery team visits Florence American Cemetery and Memorial
DPAA recovery team visits Florence American Cemetery and Memorial
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FLORENCE, Italy — A Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team visited the Florence American Cemetery and Memorial, June 4, 2024. According to the American Battle Monuments Commission, t...Remembering Art Schuermann, Vice President Emeritus, JB POW-MIA Museum
Art Schuermann (1942-2024) was a mighty, mighty man. He was a retired Major from the Missouri Air National Guard and a Veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom. Art had served in one roll or another at Jefferson Barracks since 1982. In fact, it is said that if Art were cut he would bleed Jefferson Barracks. He last served the Air National Guard as the Historic Preservations Officer for the Jefferson Barracks Air National Guard Station. He was a historian and a writer with a Masters Degree from St. Louis University. He co-authored the book, “Jefferson Barracks” along with Sandie Grassino. Among his many accomplishments, Art was a former President of the Jefferson Barracks Community Council, a former member of the Executive Board of the South St. Louis County Chamber of Commerce, a former member of the Executive Board of the Jefferson Barracks Heritage Foundation, and the former Vice President Emeritus of the Jefferson Barracks POW-MIA Museum. Perhaps though one of Art’s greatest accomplishments or more accurately gifts, was that whenever Art was at a meeting no matter at the front of the room or in the back, knowing he was there you had the feeling that whatever problems there may be, they were all manageable and that the situation was under control. Paraphrasing Mike Venso of the Missouri History Museum Library and Soldiers Memorial Research Center, no doubt Art is up above getting things in order up there. Godspeed, Art. You are now one of the Angels on our shoulders… and already so sorely missed. Will catch you on the flip side, brother.
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