Speaker, LT. Colonel Ron Janowski retired US Army talks about the Home Front during the war. The war raged on a different Continent, but separate conflicts took place on the home front. An active civil rights movement was taking place along side a movement to end the war in Vietnam. Please join us on Monday […]
Fred Johnson Fred Johnson tells us how the Vietnam War effected future military operations and foreign policy in American politics to this day! As always, The Lecture will begin at 6:00pm at the museum located 1346 Bluff Street, Muskegon, Michigan. If you are unable to attend in person, please contact Teresa Folkmier at [email protected] […]
Twice a year we hold a flag retirement ceremony. You are welcome to drop off you flags at the Museum anytime before the next event!
NOVEMBER 28, 2021 #MUSEUMSTORESUNDAY The USS Silversides Submarine Museum, along with over 1,400 other museums from around the world, will be participating in Museum Store Sunday which will take place November 28th. We invite you to "Be A Patron" by purchasing quality gifts for you and your family and friends. By doing so, you will […]
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Please join us on December 15th 2021 at 3pm for as we celebrate the 80th anniversary of the commissioning the USS Silversides 236. She was the first US Submarine commission after Pearl Harbor. There will be a ceremony at 3pm and we will be starting 2 of her 80 year old engines. Tickets for the […]
The Silversides Spring Lecture series begins! February 21, 2022- Ron Janowski The Road to WWII World War II, a worldwide event that changed humanity forever. Tonight’s lecture will discuss the road to war in the Pacific. The Lecture Series will begin at the museum located 1346 Bluff Street, Muskegon, Michigan. If you are unable […]
China‐Burma‐India Theater (1941–45). The China‐Burma‐India (CBI) theater has been dubbed “the forgotten theater” of World War II. Once the United States entered the war, American strategy called for building up China as a source of manpower, as a base for bombers and the eventual invasion of Japan, and as a pro‐American regional power in the postwar era. It became the stuff […]
Director Peggy Maniates brings you an incredible true story of courage and perseverance. In August of 1944, a submarine sets out on a war patrol in Japanese occupied Water. The sub strikes a mine and sinks in under a minute. Join us as the museum tells the horrendous story of the brave men of […]
What do Presidents George H.W. Bush, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Gerald R. Ford, and Richard Nixon have in Common (Other than being President) they all served in the Pacific Theater during WWII. (Jimmy Carter was at the Naval Academy until 1946, Reagan’s eyesight was bad, he did limited duty in the US and […]
The early days of WWII in the Pacific brought bad news every day. America needed a win and quickly. In walks, James Harold “Jimmy” Doolittle (1896-1993) was a pioneering pilot, aeronautical engineer, combat leader, and military strategist whose career stretched from World War I to the height of the Cold War. He is most famous for […]
China-Burma-India Theater (1941–45). The China‐Burma‐India (CBI) theater has been dubbed “the forgotten theater” of World War II. Once the United States entered the war, American strategy called for building up China as a source of manpower, as a base for bombers and the eventual invasion of Japan, and as a pro‐American regional power in the postwar era. […]
