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Winter 2024 Hours: Saturdays from approximately 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
The Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center preserves, promotes, and perpetuates the sacrifice, service, and leadership of the Black Officers of World War I, the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corp (WAAC) and Women’s Army Corp (WAC) of World War II
Major Charles Young
Easter at Fort Des Moines
Find out about our mission, methods, and the results of our decades of advocacy.