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Marine Corps: Semper Fidelis (Always Faithful)
Coast Guard: Semper Paratus (Always Ready)
Navy: Semper Fortis (Always Courageous)
Air Force: Aim High...Fly-Fight-Win
Army: This We'll Defend

Find out more about our exhibits and their history from our curators and the museum's historians.

Artifact Friday: Richard Nixon Portrait

For this Artifact Friday, we draw attention to yesterday, which marked the sixty-fourth year since the first-ever presidential debate held on television in which both candidates were present.

John Townsend

Sep 27, 20242 min read

Artifact Friday: Curtiss-Wright Junior

Among the oldest aircraft in our collection is the Curtiss-Wright CW-1 Junior. The Junior was to be an affordable aircraft, roughly the cost of the average car.

John Townsend

Sep 20, 20242 min read

Artifact Friday: M114 155mm Howitzer

Since the invention of gunpowder, militaries of the world have utilized cannons to strike at fortifications and large enemy concentrations.

John Townsend

Sep 13, 20241 min read

Artifact Friday: Lee-Enfield SMLE Mk III

Of all the empires the world has seen, only one has held territory in Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia, the Pacific Islands, and even Antarctica at one point in time.

John Townsend

Aug 23, 20242 min read

Artifact Friday: Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche

This week we have a new temporary addition to our collection. A beautiful white, black, and red Twin Comanche currently occupies a space in the White Hangar.

John Townsend

Aug 16, 20242 min read

Artifact Friday: Chester Poole's Purple Heart

Let it be known that he who wears the military order of the Purple Heart has given of his blood in the defense of his homeland and shall forever be revered by his fellow countrymen.

John Townsend

Aug 9, 20242 min read

Artifact Friday: Nambu Type 96

Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor by Imperial Japan, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his Day of Infamy Speech where he stated, "No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it.”

John Townsend

Jul 26, 20242 min read

Artifact Friday: M-43 Ambulance

Among the countless tools of war created to take life, there are a precious few brought about to save them.

John Townsend

Jul 23, 20242 min read

Artifact Friday: Vetterli M1970/87/15

Today we rewind the clock past World War Two. The End of the Industrial Revolution in the 1840s saw the mass production of many items, including firearms.

John Townsend

Jul 12, 20242 min read

Artifact Friday: M3 Half-Track

One aspect that has made the United States military a tour de force over the last century has been the dedication to mobility.

John Townsend

Jul 5, 20242 min read

Artifact Friday: Hand-cranked Hoist

Drake Field was acquired by the city of Fayetteville in 1929 thanks to a professor at the University of Arkansas, Dr. Noah Drake, who donated $3,500 (a stunning $64,283.13 in 2024) to purchase the land.

John Townsend

Jun 28, 20242 min read