[MCN] Historical Museum at Fort Missoula Wins AASLH Award of Excellence for Exhibit No Enemy Movement Observed: The Vietnam War Through the Eyes of a Frenchtown Marine

[Jessie Rogers]

The Historical Museum at Fort Missoula was selected as a 2020 Leadership in History Award of Excellence winner by the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH<https://fortmissoulamuseum.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a0460a0668c4086e536febd51&id=23ec33020f&e=6bd0d0e842>) for the exhibit No Enemy Movement Observed: The Vietnam War Through the Eyes of a Frenchtown Marine<https://fortmissoulamuseum.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a0460a0668c4086e536febd51&id=f0d9d68942&e=6bd0d0e842>. The AASLH Leadership in History Awards, now in its 75th year, is the most prestigious recognition for achievement in the preservation and interpretation of state and local history. We are very honored to receive this award

The goal of No Enemy Movement Observed is to create an exhibit respectful of the combat veteran’s experience while delivering a nuanced examination of the Vietnam War. The exhibit is not meant to represent everyone’s experience of the war, but to tell the story of a twenty-year-old man removed from his middle-class California setting, trained to be a “basically qualified Marine,” and placed in combat half a world away. A story that many returning combat veterans struggled to communicate when returning from the war at the time. Another goal of the exhibit is to create a space that assists veterans from more recent conflicts connect to the shared combat experience, that they too can survive the trauma and put together a life again. Working with the Missoula Vet Center, curator Ted Hughes designed an inner room to reflect on PTSD to help non-veterans relate to the challenges of returning from combat and provide resource materials for veterans currently struggling.

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This year, AASLH is proud to confer fifty-seven national awards honoring people, projects, exhibits, and publications. The winners represent the best in the field and provide leadership for the future of state and local history.

The AASLH awards program was initiated in 1945 to establish and encourage standards of excellence in the collection, preservation, and interpretation of state and local history throughout the United States. The AASLH Leadership in History Awards not only honor significant achievement in the field of state and local history, but also bring public recognition of the opportunities for small and large organizations, institutions, and programs to make contributions in this arena. For more information about the Leadership in History Awards, contact AASLH at 615-320-3203, or go to www.aaslh.org.

To learn more about the exhibit, No Enemy Movement Observed, contact Matt Lautzenheiser at mlautzenheiser at missoulacounty.us<mailto:mlautzenheiser at missoulacounty.us> or 406-258-3471.

Jessie Rogers
Development & Communications Director

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