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All right . So today is the culmination

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of several years of hard work to open

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the new Oklahoma National Guard Museum .

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We're doing the ribbon cutting with our

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VIP guest and so many people that have

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made this project come to fruition ,

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and , uh , it's important for us to

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open this new institution in what is

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our 50th year of operation as a museum .

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This museum is so important for

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Oklahoma . It is our way to pay tribute

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and honor , uh , servicemen and women

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who have served in the Oklahoma

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National Guard and the Forty-fifth

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Infantry Division , share their history ,

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and to make sure that Oklahomans are

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aware and educated of how important

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that service is . This museum

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uh has storylines that we've not had

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before . It also has artifacts that

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have never been seen before and so it's

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an opportunity for new learning and a

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new way to see the historical

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importance of the Oklahoma National

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Guard . The old museum didn't

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cover the state missions and so it

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covers everything from the Murrah

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bombing and COVID , Hurricane Katrina ,

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our response to tornadoes , and so it's

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a whole new way to make sure that

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people understand the dual mission of ,

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of the National Guard that they serve

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in times of war , they serve their

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their state in times of peace .

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So the museum will be open Tuesday

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through Saturday 10 to 5 , and on

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Sunday 1 to 5 we will be closed on

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Mondays . We're open , uh , on Memorial

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Day , Veterans Day , and the Fourth of

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July , but closed most state holidays .