2025 Events:

NOTE: dates, times and events subject to no-notice changes

January:

  • Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 6:00PM: Monthly Speaker Series (2nd Wednesday of each month, 6:00 - 7:30PM with light refreshments): Mark Conrad, MSgt, USAF, Ret.: The Dayton Peace Accords and IFOR in Bosnia.and Adnan Secic.: The American Allied Veterans and Supporters.

  • Thursday, January 9, 2025: National Day of Mourning in Honor of President Jimmy Carter.

  • Tuesday, January 14, 2025, 5:00PM: Fairborn Military Veterans Memorial Project meeting.

  • Wednesday, January 15, 2025, 6:00PM: Museum quarterly board meeting.

  • Friday, January 17, 2025: 34th Anniversary of the start of Operation DESERT STORM

  • Tuesday, January 28, 2025, 6:00PM: Fairborn Military Veterans Coalition meeting.

    February:

  • Monday, February 3, 2025: The Immortal Four Chaplains Day.

  • Saturday, February 8, 2025, 2:00PM: Monthly Speaker Series (2nd Saturday of each month, 2:00 - 3:30PM with light refreshments): National Park Ranger Roger Osorio:Love Letters

  • Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 5:00PM: Fairborn Military Veterans Memorial Project meeting.

  • Wednesday, February 19, 2025: US Coast Guard Reserve birthday.

  • Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 6:00PM: Fairborn Military Veterans Coalition meeting.

    March:

  • Monday, March 3, 2025: US Navy Reserve birthday.

  • Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 5:00PM: Fairborn Military Veterans Memorial Project meeting.

  • Saturday, March 22, 2025: Patrick L. Kessler Armory open house display, Middletown, Ohio.

  • Tuesday, March 25, 2025: Medal of Honor Day.

  • Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 6:00PM: Fairborn Military Veterans Coalition meeting.

  • Saturday, March 29, 2025, 6:00PM: 4 Freedom Equestrian Team team meeting.

  • Sunday, March 30, 2025, 2:00PM: Annual Vietnam Veterans Day pinning ceremony at the Fairborn Senior Center.

    April:

  • Saturday, April 5 2025: Gold Star Spouses Day.

  • Tuesday, April 8, 2025, 5:00PM: Fairborn Military Veterans Memorial Project meeting.

  • Saturday, April 12, 2025, 2:00PM: Monthly Speaker Series (2nd Saturday of each month, 2:00 - 3:30PM with light refreshments): Ray Prater: Bataan Death March and his fathers survival.

  • Monday, April 14, 2025: US Air Force Reserve birthday.

  • Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 6:00PM: Fairborn Military Veterans Coalition meeting.

  • Sunday, April 23, 2025: US Army Reserve birthday.

    May:

  • Thursday, May 1, 2025: Silver Star Banner Day.

  • Thursday, May 8, 2025: V-E Day.

  • Saturday, May 10, 2025: Military Spouse Appreciation Day.

  • Saturday, May 10, 2025, 2:00PM: Monthly Speaker Series (2nd Saturday of each month, 2:00 - 3:30PM with light refreshments): Catherine I. Beers-Conrad, USAF Veteran and proud Vietnam Gold Star Daughter: Gold Star Families and Memorial Day.

  • Tuesday, May 13, 2025: Children of Fallen Patriots Day.

  • Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 5:00PM: Fairborn Military Veterans Memorial Project meeting.

  • Saturday, May 17, 2025: Armed Forces Day.

  • Saturday, May 17, 2025, 10:30AM: Meeting of the World War I Aviation Historians.

  • Saturday, May 17, 2025, 10:30AM: Presentation on women veterans for the Daughters of the American Revolution, Barnes Funeral Home, Eaton, Ohio.

  • Saturday, May 17, 2025, 11:00AM: Daughters of the American Revolution book club meeting.

  • Saturday, May 17, 2025, 1:o0PM: Meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

  • Sunday, May 18, 2025, 1:00PM: Native American flute circle.

  • Sunday, May 18, 2025: Armed Forces Day.

  • Saturday, May 24, 2025, 9:00AM - 5:00PM: 4th Annual Military History Muster at Fairborn "Calamityville" National Center for Medical Readiness.

  • Sunday, May 25, 2025, 9:00AM - 5:00PM: 4th Annual Military History Muster at Fairborn "Calamityville" National Center for Medical Readiness.

  • Monday, May 26, 2025, 9:00AM - 5:00PM: (Observed) Memorial Day Open House.

  • Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 6:00PM: Fairborn Military Veterans Coalition meeting.

  • Tuesday, May 30, 2025, 9:00AM - 6:00PM: Memorial Day (actual) annual Open House.

    June:

  • Friday, June 6, 2025: 81st anniversary of D-Day.

  • Tuesday, June 10, 2025, 5:00PM: Fairborn Military Veterans Memorial Project meeting.

  • Thursday, June 12, 2025: Women Veterans Day.

  • Saturday, June 14, 2025: Flag Day.

  • Saturday, June 14, 2025: US Army birthday.

  • Saturday, June 14, 2025, 2:00PM: Monthly Speaker Series (2nd Saturday of each month, 2:00 - 3:30PM with light refreshments): Lynda and Randy Setty: The Civil War in Ohio.

  • Tuesday, June 24, 2025, 6:00PM: Fairborn Military Veterans Coalition meeting.

  • Friday, June 27, 2025: Korean War Veterans Armistice Day.

    July:

  • Thursday, July 3, 2025,9:00AM - 6:00PM: Fairborn Independence Day block party.

  • Friday, July 4, 2025,9:00AM - 6:00PM: Independence Day Open House.

  • Tuesday, July 8, 2025, 5:00PM: Fairborn Military Veterans Memorial Project meeting.

  • Saturday, July 12, 2025, 2:00PM: Monthly Speaker Series (2nd Saturday of each month, 2:00 - 3:30PM with light refreshments): Dan Kirkpatrick, Col., USAF, Retired: Medical ethics in the combat zone.

  • Tuesday, July 22, 2025, 6:00PM: Fairborn Military Veterans Coalition meeting.

    August:

  • Monday, August 4, 2025: US Coast Guard birthday.

  • Saturday, August 9, 2025, 2:00PM: Monthly Speaker Series (2nd Saturday of each month, 2:00 - 3:30PM with light refreshments): Adnan Secic.: The American Allied Veterans and Supporters.

  • Tuesday, August 12, 2025, 5:00PM: Fairborn Military Veterans Memorial Project meeting.

  • Tuesday, August 26, 2025, 6:00PM: Fairborn Military Veterans Coalition meeting.

  • Friday, August 29, 2025: US Marine Corps Reserve birthday.

    September:

  • Tuesday, September 2, 2025: V-J Day.

  • Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 5:00PM: Fairborn Military Veterans Memorial Project meeting.

  • Thursday, September 11, 2025, 8:00AM 6:00PM: Patriot Day Open House.

  • Saturday, September 13, 2025, 2:00PM: Monthly Speaker Series (2nd Saturday of each month, 2:00 - 3:30PM with light refreshments): Bob Potts, Captain, USAF, Ret.: The airship USS Shenandoah.

  • Thursday, September 18, 2025: US Air Force birthday.

  • Friday, September 19, 2025: National POW/MIA Recognition Day.

  • Saturday, September 20, 2025: Air Force Marathon / Fairborn Fly Zone.

  • Sunday, September 21, 2025: Fairborn car show.

  • Tuesday, September 23, 2025, 6:00PM: Fairborn Military Veterans Coalition meeting.

  • Monday, September 29, 2025: Gold Star Mothers and Families Day.

    October:

  • Wednesday, October 1, 2025: Toys For Tots drive begins.

  • Saturday, October 11, 2025, 2:00PM: Monthly Speaker Series (2nd Saturday of each month, 2:00 - 3:30PM with light refreshments): Roger Osorio, National Park Ranger: The Sounds of Buffalo Soldiers! A Musical Bridge to Community.

  • Monday, October 13, 2025: US Navy birthday.

  • Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 5:00PM: Fairborn Military Veterans Memorial Project meeting.

  • Sunday, October 26, 2025: National Day of the Deployed.

  • Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 6:00PM: Fairborn Military Veterans Coalition meeting.

    November:

  • Saturday, November 8, 2025, 2:00PM: Monthly Speaker Series (2nd Saturday of each month, 2:00 - 3:30PM with light refreshments):Thom Guthrie: Protocol in the Air Force

  • Monday, November 10, 2025: US Marine Corps birthday.

  • Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 9:00AM to 6:00PM: Veterans Day Open House.

  • Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 5:00PM: Fairborn Military Veterans Memorial Project meeting.

  • Tuesday, November 25, 2025, 6:00PM: Fairborn Military Veterans Coalition meeting.

  • Thursday, November 27, 2025: Museum is CLOSED for Thanksgiving, reopening on December 2 at 9AM.

  • Thursday, November 27, 2025: Museum providing Thanksgiving dinner at Dayton VA Medical Center hospice unit.

    December:

  • Monday, December 1, 2025: Civil Air Patrol birthday.

  • Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 9:00AM: Museum reopens.

  • Wednesday, December 3, 2025: Toys For Tots drive ends.

  • Sunday, December 7, 2025: Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

  • Tuesday, December 9, 2025, 5:00PM: Fairborn Military Veterans Memorial Project meeting.

  • Saturday, December 13, 2025, 2:00PM: Monthly Speaker Series (2nd Saturday of each month, 2:00 - 3:30PM with light refreshments):Chaplain Michael Breznau: Christmas in the Military

  • Monday, December 15, 2025, 9:00AM: Christmas visit to VA Dialysis Ward (TENTATIVE).

  • Monday, December 15, 2025, 1:00PM: Christmas visit to VA Dialysis Ward (TENTATIVE).

  • Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 9:00AM: Christmas visit to VA Dialysis Ward (TENTATIVE).

  • Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 1:00PM: Christmas visit to VA Dialysis Ward (TENTATIVE).

  • Saturday, December 20, 2025: US Space Force birthday.

  • Tuesday, December 23, 2025 to Friday, January 3, 2026: Museum is CLOSED for Christmas and New Years.

  • Thursday, December 25, 2025: Museum providing Christmas dinner at Dayton VA Medical Center hospice unit.







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