Explore verified institutions preserving Medal of Honor exhibits, original medals, recipient artifacts, archival material, and substantial historical collections. Each profile is written for visitors and researchers, with evidence boundaries made explicit.
Unlike a general military museum, the entire historic site is recipient-centered. It interprets York’s life, wartime service, return to Tennessee, education work, family, and legacy through preserved places and artifacts, making the relationship to a single Medal of Honor recipient unusually deep.
The Hall of Valor interprets high military decorations, while official recipient-location records connect the institution to several original Medals of Honor. Those object relationships deepen the museum’s role as a regional center for valor history.
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The state memorial provides collective recognition for eighty-three qualifying Texas recipients and anchors a continuing cemetery tradition for Medal of Honor recipients and spouses. The archive separately records James Marion Logan’s official burial location, while making no claim that the monument or cemetery possesses his original medal.
The memorial permanently names eight University of Washington alumni or students who received the Medal of Honor: Gregory Boyington, Deming Bronson, Bruce Crandall, Robert Galer, John Hawk, Robert Leisy, William Nakamura, and Archie van Winkle. Individual stones provide names, ranks, award years, and university years. No original medals or personal-artifact custody is implied.
Virginia Tech and its archives identify eight alumni represented on the cenotaph: Antoine Gaujot, Julien Gaujot, Earl Gregory, Herbert Thomas, Jimmie Monteith Jr., Robert Femoyer, Richard Shea Jr., and Gary Miller. The archive adds reciprocal links for all eight while classifying each as named campus commemoration, not evidence of original-medal or personal-artifact custody.
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The C. Kenneth Wright Pavilion contains a dedicated Virginia Medal of Honor Gallery interpreting the Commonwealth’s recipient community. The Archive now publishes Desmond Thomas Doss as a named gallery relationship while continuing to avoid unsupported claims about custody of his original medal or personal artifacts.
The official update establishes a current collective scope of ninety-five Washingtonians, while the destination record documents the obelisk’s form, placement, and dedication. M032 keeps the relationship collective because a complete current official roster was not available for controlled matching. The obelisk is a memorial inscription, not evidence that the Capitol holds original medals or recipient artifacts.