Currently Showing
"World Wars I & II Exhibit.
Military exhibit focusing on the World War II Wasp and the participation of Mrs. Ann Hamilton Tunner of Gloucester, widow of General William Tunner.
Museum Exhibit on the Second Floor
After two years of planning, the second floor of the Gloucester Museum of History is open to the general public. The theme of the eight station exhibit is "Echoes From The Past, Six Periods of Gloucester History," tracing Gloucester's rich history and varied contributions from 5 million years ago when the area was covered by a warm tropical sea, to the Civil War, when it gave both a General to the Confederate Army and was home to James D. Gardiner, who rose from oysterman to become the only recipient of a Congressional Medal of Honor from the area while serving in the Union Army. Other displays in the new exhibit area include Native Americans, Bacon's Rebellion, archaeological finding from "Paradise" (home of the Lees), world renowned botanist John Clayton (who served Gloucester County as clerk for 53 years), Gloucester's participation in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Civil War. The exhibits are being researched and arranged by Lisa and Robert Harper of Gloucester.
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Last update by E. Wirt, May 09, 2008