A portrait honoring Vic Boccard, founder of the Broomfield Veterans Memorial Museum is put in place in the museum  entryway during the museum's grand re-opening November 11.

the museum began in 2002 with a small exhibit room. During the last several months it has expanded to many more rooms inside the same building.

Shirley Bennett, seated at left, is moved as Bob Seeber dedicates the museum's new library to her late husband Gordon.

The Denver Post front page declares the "World At Peace" in this Nov. 11, 1918 edition. The 91-year-old edition is part of the museum's collection. 

Rick Crandall. center, a veterans' advocate and station manager of KEZW, stopped by to see the newly expanded museum and talk with guests as they viewed the new exhibits.

Veteran Wayne Burt looks at the exibit honoring the memory of Army Captain Russell B. Rippetoe, a Broomfield High School graduate and the first soldier killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Museum guests crowd around a display honoring Paul Murphy, a survivor of the USS Indianapolis during WWII. Murphy sits at right answering questions. 

The rooms are now divided into the different wars that Broomfield veterans have served in dating back to the civil war.

Some display cases contain old newspaper clippings and photographs from the wars. Above, Bob Davis assists in answering questions in the WWII naval area.

The new and improved museum has several multimedia displays including this one honoring the Tuskegee Airmen.

Several museum board members and officers pose for a photo outside of the museum during the re-opening celebration.