Wall Street Journal on the NRA museum in Springfield, MO.
The Story of Guns in America Museum Review: NRA National Sporting Arms Museum - WSJ
Not only the 100th anniversary of World War I but the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812's Battle of Baltimore—which produced the "Star Spangled Banner"—and the 150th anniversary of the Civil War battles to capture Richmond and Atlanta are being remembered this year. But one anniversary has (not surprisingly) gone mostly unnoticed by the mainstream media: the 200th birthday, in July, of gunmaker Samuel Colt.
Colt's innovative early revolving pistols and John Browning's semiautomatic Colt M1911—the official sidearm of the U.S. military for seven decades and still considered one of the best handguns in the world—played important roles in U.S. history. And one of the best collections of Colt revolvers and M1911s is at the National Rifle Association's National Sporting Arms Museum in the Bass Pro Shops' flagship store here.
The Story of Guns in America Museum Review: NRA National Sporting Arms Museum - WSJ
Not only the 100th anniversary of World War I but the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812's Battle of Baltimore—which produced the "Star Spangled Banner"—and the 150th anniversary of the Civil War battles to capture Richmond and Atlanta are being remembered this year. But one anniversary has (not surprisingly) gone mostly unnoticed by the mainstream media: the 200th birthday, in July, of gunmaker Samuel Colt.
Colt's innovative early revolving pistols and John Browning's semiautomatic Colt M1911—the official sidearm of the U.S. military for seven decades and still considered one of the best handguns in the world—played important roles in U.S. history. And one of the best collections of Colt revolvers and M1911s is at the National Rifle Association's National Sporting Arms Museum in the Bass Pro Shops' flagship store here.
