To Honor and Remember represents the unique history of Osage involvement in armed forces through photographs, historical artifacts, uniforms, dance clothing, and art.
To Honor and Remember represents the unique history of Osage involvement in armed forces through photographs, historical artifacts, uniforms, dance clothing, and art.
The exhibit also includes a great cross-section of veteran biographies, portraits and personal accounts. For many Osage families an enduring set of cultural and ceremonial practices help prepare soldiers for combat; sustain them during deployment; return them home to family and community; and finally, ensure that their contributions and sacrifices for the country will not be forgotten. The exhibit will consider the ways in which honoring songs of the Grayhorse, Hominy and Pawhuska Districts play in memorializing heroic figures such as that of Major General Clarence L. Tinker. Tinker was the highest ranking Native American at the onset of World War II during which time he lost his life while engaged in a combat mission in midway island in the Pacific. Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is named after Major General Tinker.
