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Fall 2017 Camp Roberts Historical Museum E-Newsletter Page 1 Camp Roberts has played, and continues This electronic bulletin is published by the to play, in the defense of this nation. Camp Roberts Historical Museum for informational purposes only. Use of any The big project that is keeping me information, written or photographic, is hopping lately is our upcoming Camp prohibited without the written consent of Roberts Museum Day that will take the Board of Directors of the Museum. place at the beautiful Sculpterra Winery Any views expressed in this publication Fall and Sculpture Garden in Paso Robles on Saturday, September 23rd, from 2 to 6 are not meant to reflect those of the pm. I’ve booked popular Monte Mills and MUSEUM NEWS Command, NGB or the US Army. his Lucky Horseshoe Band (paid for by Comments and requests for information, …from the Director the generous members of our Board of etc., should be directed to: Directors) to provide live music, and I Now that summer has ended and the hot have been feverishly persuading local CAMP ROBERTS HISTORICAL MUSEUM days are coming to an end, it’s time to businesses to donate gift cards and items 114 New Mexico Avenue get ready for the fall holidays, like for the silent auction and raffles. I’ve Camp Roberts, CA 93451-5000 Veterans’ Day and Thanksgiving. All of lined up a few organizations like the us here at the Museum wish you and VFW, American Legion, and State yours a wonderful fall season! Military Reserve to set up booths at the (805) 238-8288 (During Open Hours) event, and members of the Golden State Email: [email protected] Classic Car Club will bring several of their best, while our museum and others will display historic military vehicles (the youngsters especially enjoy manning our CAMP ROBERTS HISTORICAL MUSEUM Chinese aircraft gun, swinging it around BLDG. 114 and moving the four guns up and down). CAMP ROBERTS, CA 93451-5000 Our good friend, Corporate Member and (805) 238-8288 (During Open Hours) Advisor, Dr. Warren Frankel, who owns Email [email protected] Sculpterra, is not only providing us the fantastic venue plus tables, chairs and By the time this goes to press and is sent other items, he’s arranging radio ads and out via the Internet, I will have given an interviews on the event. San Luis Obispo audio-visual presentation on the history County District Attorney and Life Member of this great camp to the Kiwanis Club of of the museum, Dan Dow, has agreed to Atascadero at the lake front pavilion in give the keynote address. Our resident that town. I will also be giving a similar chef, retired Colonel Doug Baird, a h e Camp Roberts presentation to attendees of the fall former Commander of Camp Roberts and The front of ourH Mainist oMuseumrical. Our conference of the California Enlisted current member of our Chancellery, has complete complex constitutes the Association of the National Guard of the Museum formed a top-notch team to grill some largest Army museum in California. United States at Camp San Luis Obispo real good quality meat that will provide th Quite appropriate, considering the on October 7 , and then to the Cambria Santa Maria-style hot beef sandwiches camp was originally the largest Army Historical Society over on the coast on that visitors can purchase, along with th basic training installation in the October 12 . I never get tired of relating cold drinks. We hope that, between the BuildingUnited 114 States of America! the long, unique and important role that food, silent auction and raffles we will pull Camp Roberts, CA 93451-5000 in some profit from the event. It will sure E-mail: [email protected] Phone/Fax: (805) 238-8288 1 provide a lot of people with a very fun- throughout the nation, by going to their filled afternoon. web site at: https://www.arts.gov/national/blue-star- The owner of Color Craft Printing in museums#!CA. Blue Star Museums is a Atascadero has printed a big stack of collaboration among the National color posters that I designed for the Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star event, as well as color flyers and mailers. Families, the Department of Defense, We owe a big thanks to him, as well as A HAND Salute to and museums across America. Each local businesses like Cool Hand Luke’s, summer since 2010, Blue Star Museums Nino’s Café, the Earth Tones store, Su our New Members! have offered free admission to the Casa Bar & Grill, Senor Sancho’s nation’s active-duty military personnel restaurant, Cider Creek Bakery & Café, We are proud and happy to introduce new and their families, including National Pasolivo Olive Oil, Park Cinemas, El members of the Camp Roberts Historical Guard and Reserve, from Memorial Day Pollo Loco, and the Adelaide Inn. Museum Foundation in our newsletters. through Labor Day. Of course, our Membership support is always needed to museum offers free admission to civilians help us preserve the long and illustrious A big thanks to Wallace Home Medical history of Camp Roberts! and military alike. More than 2,000 Supplies of Paso Robles for donating a museums across America are beautiful brand new wheelchair to the participating in Blue Star Museums. Museum! Our curator picked it up last LLIIFFEE MMEEMMBBEERRSS These include children's museums, fine month, after contacting them and asking art museums, history and science them for the donation. We get wounded JULIAN J. MACIAS museums, and nature centers. The warriors, handicapped folks, and elderly of Salinas, California military ID holder and up to five family veterans of WWII and the Korean War A big thanks to Julian, our newest Life members are eligible. The military ID visiting the Museum, and this will be a Member. He joins our team of “Lifers” who holder can be either active duty service great asset in facilitating a tour for those reside all over this great land of ours! member or other dependent family who need the help. It turns out that the member with the appropriate ID card. manager, Ashley, by the way, is married DON SAUERESSIG The active-duty member does not have to to a grandson of the late Joan Hussey, of Atascadero, California be present for family members to use the who was such a wonderful dedicated Welcome, and thanks to Don for joining our program. A family member of active-duty volunteer and a real mainstay here at the growing ranks of Life Members who love military may include a spouse or child, Museum for so many years, ever since Camp Roberts and want to see its history aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc. the early days! preserved and related to the public! We had a lot of interesting visitors come Memberships are a major source of income RENOVATION through the museum in the last three for the Museum. Annual: $15, Life: $100, Group Life: $200, Patron: $500, Corporate currently months, including a nice family who had $1,000, Honor Roll $5K or more. Every cent come all the way from their native Finland of your dues goes to support your UNDERWAY OF to spend a vacation traveling throughout Museum! A special large perpetual plaque California; a large contingent of Naval in the front room of the Main Museum lists Sea Cadets who had a good time seeing all of our Museum Corporate Sponsors. our HISTORIC all the exhibits in the Museum Annex These levels of support are much needed, during their 2-week training period here; and help greatly in our mission. You will SPORTS ARENA and a local couple who came to donate a find a membership application and instructions on our website. WWII-era Bible that was used by, and signed by, a large group of American Prisoners of War while they were being held captive in the Philippines. Those folks were among hundreds of visitors who came to enjoy our history from all over California and other parts of this nation. Some were visiting relatives or It’s so great to see a complete renovation friends in this state, some stopped by underway on the historic Camp Roberts during their travels up and down Sports Arena. It's an original facility from California, and some were local folks the camp’s initial construction just prior to throughout the county. Plus, we enjoyed We are proud to announce that this World War II. The renovation will include visits from a lot of training soldiers, who summer, the Camp Roberts Historical all the windows along the tops of the came both individually and in groups as Museum was officially designated as a sides as well as everything else. Army their training schedules allowed. Blue Star Museum by the National sergeant, and Heavyweight Boxing Endowment for the Arts in Washington, Champion, Joe Louis sparred in there, DC. Jane Russell, Phil Silvers, Joan Blondell, Gary McMaster Gary McMaster and countless other stars performed Museum Curator and You can go to their website to locate us, shows in the arena, and it has hosted Foundation Chairman Foundation Chairman and all our fellow Blue Star Museums hundreds of thousands of soldiers over 2 the years for basketball and other sports, the character Oscar Goldman, the boss as well as physical training tests. We are of Steve Austin in The Six Million Dollar so happy to see such large and thorough Man television series in the 1970s, MMuusseeuumm restoration of this very historic facility Richard Anderson came to Camp going on. Roberts for his Army training as did many Hollywood stars and future celebrities.