Booth's Body

[RJNorton]

(04-12-2014 11:15 AM)L Verge Wrote:  Blaine - Someday, when you have nothing else to do, would you write a small article on the beginnings of the Army Medical Museum? One of my vivid memories is of a class trip to the old museum that was in a building on the grounds of the Smithsonian for so many years. The displays were truly unforgettable. My next adventure to the museum was after it was moved to the grounds of Walter Reed Hospital. The exhibits were nicely done, and the museum itself was very modern -- but it just was not "the old museum."

It has been moved once again near the grounds of Bethesda Naval Hospital. I have not (and probably will not) visit this new facility, but I understand that it is very bare of exhibits and really not that impressive. Sometimes new is not better, IMO.

The last I heard was that the three of Booth's cervical vertebrae held by the museum were not on public display. Does anyone know if that is currently the case?