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AKC Museum of the Dog celebrates Memorial Day weekend

ByWesley Coburn|
ARLINGTON, VA - MAY 29: U.S. Army veteran Jonathan Lopez, of Miami, Florida, and his dog, 2-year-old huskie Zoe, walk through Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day May 29, 2017 in Arlington, Virginia. Lopez works with Operation Enduring Warrior and participated in the Ruck to Remember, a 60 mile hike from Harpers Ferry to the cemetery over the Memorial Day weekend. Lopez served tours of duty in Kosovo, Bosnia and Macedonia with the Army Quick Reaction Force before being hit by a drunk driver and losing his arm in 2000. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, VA - MAY 29: U.S. Army veteran Jonathan Lopez, of Miami, Florida, and his dog, 2-year-old huskie Zoe, walk through Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day May 29, 2017 in Arlington, Virginia. Lopez works with Operation Enduring Warrior and participated in the Ruck to Remember, a 60 mile hike from Harpers Ferry to the cemetery over the Memorial Day weekend. Lopez served tours of duty in Kosovo, Bosnia and Macedonia with the Army Quick Reaction Force before being hit by a drunk driver and losing his arm in 2000. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The AKC Museum of the Dog has a full slate of activities planned for Memorial Day weekend.

The AKC Museum of the Dog is fully in celebration mode this Memorial Day weekend as they remember canine service members in a variety of ways.

To begin with, human veterans will receive a discounted admission price of $5 with their military ID.

Secondly, they unveiled the statue of World War I hero Sgt Stubby that was recently moved to the museum property. For more information on the background of this canine veteran, see the post linked to above.

The unveiling took place on Thursday, May 23, at 11:30 a.m., and was followed by a screening of the animated film Sgt Stubby: An American Hero at 3 p.m.

The film will also be shown again on Memorial Day itself, which is Monday, May 27, at 1 p.m.

On Friday, May 24, Sawyer the Seadog, the mascot of the US Navy Museum, will be in attendance from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., along with historians from the World War I Centennial Commission to speak on what was called “the Great War” or the “War to End All Wars.”

A World War II veteran named Smoky, who is considered the world’s first therapy dog, will be the focus on Saturday. An event honoring the small female terrier – possibly a Yorkie – will be on the second floor from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.

The author of a memoir about Smoky, Nancy Roe Primm, who wrote Smoky: The Dog Who Saved My Life: The Bill Wynne Story, and Wynne himself, will be at the Miuseum on Saturday as well. The star of an upcoming movie about Smoky, a Yorkie named Ruby, will be there as well.

Also, there is a pop up display about the “Devil Dogs,” a group of Doberman soldiers who fought during World War II.

The Museum of the Dog will be open on Memorial Day itself from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, see their website.

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