Smithsonian Code Talkers Exhibit at Pease

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Veterans Count Seacoast Chapter Board of Directors announced today that a traveling exhibit entitled Native Words, Native Warriors, from the National Museum of the American Indian at the Smithsonian, will be open to the public att Pease from August 19-22. (Continued below).

 

 

As part of the organization’s fundraiser featuring Chester Nez on Sunday, this exhibit serves to further honor the critical role the Native American Code Talkers played during the war. (Nez is the last surviving member of the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers from World War II and will appear at the Seacoast Rep for a conversation with Chase Bailey on Sunday afternoon at 2:00pm.)           

The exhibit honors the American Indian Code Talkers and tells their story. During World War I and World War II, hundreds of American Indians joined the United States armed forces and used words from their traditional tribal languages as weapons. The Unites States military asked them to develop secret battle communications based on their languages—and America’s enemies never deciphered the coded messages they sent. “Code Talkers,” as they came to be known after World War II, are twentieth-century American Indian warriors and heroes who significantly aided the victories of the United States and its allies. 

Modules of the exhibit include themes like, “Protecting the Homelands,” “Twentieth-Century Warriors,” “Meet the Code Talkers,” “Languages Used In Code Talking,” and more about this fascinating piece of American history. The exhibit will be on display for the public free of charge from Monday, August 19 —Thursday, August 22 at One New Hampshire Drive at Pease International Tradeport.