rapidfire
Helping
Each Other
Veterans struggling
with substance abuse
and PTSD issues can find
a supportive environment
in Oxford House homes.
More than 1,300 homes
in 41 states and Austra-
lia, Canada, and Ghana
have more than 10,000
residents — 20 percent
of them military refer-
rals. The 501(c)(3) non-
profit began establishing
homes for recovering
alcoholics and substance
abusers in 1975. The
homes are rented and
governed by the eight
to 15 individuals living Travel Through Time
in each. Most of these
veterans come to the
A
lthough he wears military battlefi eld depicts buildings, roads, trees,
homes through work garb, William Gasser, direc- fences, and bridges and has a fog machine
with the VA. tor and curator of the American to create smoke and a “full-working river.”
Since Oxford House Armoured Foundation Tank Museum in An annual high point at the museum
started, more than Danville, Va., is quick to say he’s not a veter- is its military extravaganza, which will
200,000 people have an. “This is what happens when you don’t be held April 25-26. Reenactors, contests
lived in one. People can put toy soldiers away,” he says. “We’ve got for military uniforms, and a fl amethrower
enter one of the homes one-third of a million square feet and some demo are a few of the highlights.
following a 28-day reha- 30,000 items,” Gasser continues, “and every Visit
www.aaftankmuseum.com for
bilitation or 10-day detox- [item] is inventoried.” more information.
ification program. They Engaging exhibits include cavalry and — Col. Glenn Pribus, USAF-Ret.,
must be employed, going tank items from the Revolutionary War to and Marilyn Pribus
to school, or doing vol- the current Iraqi confl ict, uniforms, art-
unteer work in the home work, ID bracelets, photos, and 117 actual
if fully disabled. Quality tanks and artillery pieces. About half of
control is managed by the tanks are operable. The oldest item is a
Oxford House chapters partial suit of medieval
or by local organizations armor from 1509.
such as Alcoholics An- The museum also
nonymous or Narcotics is home to the world’s
Anonymous. Find more largest under-a-roof
information at www battlefi eld for radio-
.oxfordhouse.org. controlled tanks. The
6,000-square-foot
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