MOTTS MILITARY MUSEUM II

A TREASURE EXISTS IN CENTRAL OHIO IN GROVEPORT, NEAR COLUMBUS. MEMORABILIA FROM NUMEROUS ANABASES ARE ON DISPLAY BEHIND AND BENEATH GLASS. ALSO, SOME ITEMS FROM OHIO'S ANTIQUITY AND THE FRONTIER TIMES. DURING MY VISIT, I DELVED BACK INTO THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR, CUSTER, NATIVE AMERICANS, WILD WEST, REVOLUTIONARY WAR, WAR OF 1812, MEXICAN WAR AND CIVIL WAR. INTO RECOLLECTIONS OF LINCOLN, LEE, GRANT, PICKETT'S CHARGE AT GETTYSBURG VIA A HUGE DIORAMA. INTO WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR I IN FRANCE, EDDIE RICKENBACKER AND FLYING ACES. INTO WORLD WAR II, ITS ALGERIAN FRONT, ITALIAN FRONT, WESTERN FRONT, EASTERN FRONT OF BOTH THE AXIS AND ALLIES. INTO MC ARTHUR, EISENHOWER, THE SKI TROOPS OF THE 10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION, THE TUSKEEGEE AIRMEN. INTO THE HOLOCAUST, HITLER, MUSSOLINI, ROMMEL, DOOLITTLE, TIBBETS AND THE ENOLA GAY. INTO THE KOREAN WAR, BRIEFLY VIETNAM, THE GULF WAR, DESERT STORM AND THE DESTRUCTION OF TWIN TOWERS ON 9/11/01.

MEMORABILIA INCLUDED CONTRABAND FROM AMERICAN SPIES, PHOTOGRAPHS, LETTERS, CHINA (EVEN LINCOLN'S), PAINTINGS, UNIFORMS, WEAPONS, GUNS, BULLETS, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, TORPEDOES, BOMBS, ROCKS, DIRT, EVEN A GATE FROM THE OLD OHIO PENITENTIARY. AND TRIBUTES TO ELVIS AND ARNOLD SCHWARTZENEGGER IN UNIFORM DURING THEIR TIME IN THE MILITARY IN THE U.S. AND AUSTRIA RESPECTIVELY. AN OUTDOOR AREA FEATURED ARNOLD'S TANK FROM 1965, A HIGGINS BOAT, A PLANE, A HELICOPTER FROM VIET NAM, TANKS, HOWITZERS, CAISSONS. AND A REPLICA OF EDDIE RICKENBACKER'S HOME. A GIFT SHOP FEATURES RELATED GOODIES; THE AMERICAN FLAG REPEATEDLY ON DISPLAY. THE MUSEUM’S SQUARE FEET ARE FEW BUT THE VENUE IS JAM PACKED.

MY EMERSION OVERLOAD AND PATRIOTIC CONFIRMATION LEAD ME TO QUESTION WHETHER OUR PRESENT GENERATION OF WARRIORS ON THE GRIDIRON - HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYERS, THAT IS - WITH NAMES LIKE DREW, BASIL, LOGAN AND BRANDON, HAVE A FAINT CLUE WHAT IT TAKES TO BECOME A WARRIOR ON A LIFE AND DEATH EXPEDITION. ALSO, WITH TODAY’S LIBERALS SPONSORING ‘COLLECTIVE REPENTANCE’ FOR EVERY REAL AND IMAGINED INJUSTICE IN AMERICA’S PAST AND PRESENT, WHAT CHANCE DOES AN HONEST FIGHTER FOR JUSTICE STAND?