Major makeover of WWI exhibit at Camp Shelby
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Feb 13, 2021 at 11:58 am EDT
CAMP SHELBY, Miss. Visitors to the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum at Camp Shelby will get to experience some major updates to the museum’s World War I exhibit as well as some other improvements.
WDAM reports that the museum has added information about airmen who served in World War I as well as Black Mississippians who also served in that conflict. The exhibit also has new photographs, artifacts and panels to give visitors a greater understanding of the war. A walk-through trench that is part of the exhibit also has new stories about Mississippi troops.