WELCOME
To
UPCOMING
EVENTS
Irene Wittig Talk:
April 19
General admission: $10
Summer Kickoff
June 22nd
Learn More About Upcoming Events
Fort Ritchie will always have something happening! Click the link below to see what is coming up!
HISTORY REVISITED
For nearly a quarter of a decade the building which houses our museum laid empty and largely abandoned. Thanks to a variety of state funding, grants, and private donations, the Ritchie History Museum will finally find its home in 202 Barrick Avenue. Built in 1927 as the Brigade Officers mess hall, and later dedicated as a memorial library to the man who designed Ritchie, Robert Barrick. This space felt perfect to honor the legacy of the local veterans including those who proudly served at Ritchie from 1926-1998.
OUR EXHIBITS
Our Museum highlights the efforts of the Ritchie Boys and the role they played in defeating Hitler and Nazism. Not only do we focus on the efforts of Fort Ritchie. Our great Korean War Veterans have a place in our museum to ensure that the "Forgotten War" is forgotten no longer. From 1926-1998, thousands of soldiers trained at Ritchie to keep our country safe. Others still who lived locally made the ultimate sacrifice. We fully intend to honor them all.
DIGITAL ARCHIVES
Thanks to the funding from the National Endowment of Humanities through Maryland Humanities, our museum has been able to create a digital archive of thousands of documents relating to Camp Ritchie and Fort Ritchie's long history connected to both Maryland History and Military History. Check out our archive and digital space to learn more about our historically unique property. Click here to see our ever growing archive!
All Videos
All Videos
The start of WWII for two of the Ritchie Boys
The "Ritchie Boys" recruited To Fight The Nazis
