🇺🇸 NEW EXHIBIT OPENING – March 7, 2026 🇺🇸
“The Battle of Allegan”
Marking the 90th Anniversary of the 1936 Second Army Maneuvers
In August 1936, Allegan County became the proving ground for the U.S. Army’s first large-scale modern combined arms exercise. More than 24,000 soldiers trained in Michigan, testing tanks, cavalry, artillery, aviation, logistics, and mechanized movement — lessons that would shape the Army just years before World War II.
While the nation focused on the Berlin Olympics and isolationist politics, the Army was quietly running a “beta test” for modern warfare.
Now, 90 years later, that story comes to life.
📅 Opening Day: March 7, 2026
📍 Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society
16600 Stephens, Eastpointe, MI 48080
✨ Opening Day Special:
On March 7, living historians will be on site portraying soldiers from the 1936 maneuvers, giving visitors an immersive, firsthand look at the men who trained in Allegan County.
Explore original equipment, vehicles, uniforms, weapons, and artifacts in our 11,000-square-foot museum, and discover how rural Michigan helped prepare America for global war.
Museum President Chris Causley notes:
“This event marks the transition between isolationist America and wartime preparedness America.”
🙏 Exhibit Sponsors:
Robert & Dorothee Causley • RJ & Michele Hayden • Craig & Kathy Wodecki • Amelia Lowe • George Matosh
Join us and experience a chapter of Michigan — and U.S. Army — history you’ve likely never heard before.
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