Virginia War Museum

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The Virginia War Museum is located in Huntington Park at 9285 Warwick Blvd., Newport News, Virginia 23607. It was founded in 1923 by the Braxton-Perkins Post #25 of the American Legion as as the American Legion Memorial Museum. The City of Newport News assumed overall administration of the Museum in the 1930's and it was known as the War Memorial Museum. In 1987 the Virginia War Museum Foundation was established by Newport News City Council.