The Charles H. Coolidge Medal of Honor Heritage Center, in its various non de plumes, has been wandering in the wilderness for as long as the country’s longest war.
Since December 2001, two months after the invasion of Afghanistan following the Sept. 11 attacks, the center has been looking for a permanent home.
Today, that permanent home becomes a reality with the opening of a 19,000-square-foot center on the Tennessee Aquarium plaza.
Unless one has kept very close tabs or been associated with the center, once known as the Medal of Honor Hall of Valor Museum of Military History, the wilderness wandering will be unknown to many who will enter the doors of the new facility today.
Behold: