The Army Women's Museum has become a reality!
Dedication was 11 May 2001 at Ft. Lee Virginia.
Numerous dignitaries were asked to come forward and participate in the ribbon cutting
ceremony as the Fort Lee Army band played the Colonel Bogey March. They included:
Dr. Joseph Westphal - Acting Secretary of the Army,
SMA Jack L. Tilley - Sergeant Major of the Army,
Mr. Mark Sisisky - Son of the late Congressman Sisisky,
Former Women's Army Corps Directors: Colonel (Retired) Mary Louise Rasmuson,
Brigadier General (Retired) Inez Bailey, Major General (Retired) Betty Clarke,
Jerry Burgess - Museum Director/Curator,
Colonel Victoria Revilla - Senior Women officer assigned to Fort Lee, and
PVT Chanyra Senecharles - Youngest Advanced Individual Training Soldier assigned to
Fort Lee.
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Photo by SPC Erika Gladhill - Fort Lee Traveller
Visit the Army Women's Museum web site to find out all about this wonderful tribute to all of the women who have served, or are serving, voluntarily in the U.S. Army.