Asked upon entering the National Prisoner of War Museum, "when was this building constructed? I don't remember it when I visited the park the last time."
The National Prisoner of War Museum was constructed beginning in 1996 and was opened to the public on April 9, 1998. The Museum tells the story of Americans held as prisoners of war from the Revolutionary war to the present, through exhibits containing artifacts, oral history interviews and graphics.
Did You Know?
Clara Barton was one of the principal people behind the establishment of the National Cemetery at Andersonville. She raised the Stars and Stripes over the cemetery for the first time on August 17, 1865.