The Army Has A Hidden Treasure Room. It’s So Unbelievable You’ll Think It’s Out Of A Movie.
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Remember that ending scene out of Indiana Jones where the Ark of the Covenant is boxed up and wheeled through an endless government warehouse?
Did you know that that place actually exists?
It is located 30 minutes outside Washington, D.C., at Fort Belvoir in Virginia. The building itself is very nondescript…
…but behind a series of highly alarmed doors…
…and long, cement, camera-laden hallways…
… is the highly sophisticated, climate-controlled treasure room where the army keeps its most precious artifacts.
The cavernous warehouse is typically shrouded in total darkness. Motion lights illuminate only the areas in which someone is walking.
Behind these giant doors lay the army’s historic collection of weaponry.
The room consists of dozens of collapsable “hallways” filled with the richest American firearm collection on the planet.
The collection is stacked with priceless items.
The entire collection can be moved at the press of a button…
…to create new endless hallways of historic firearms.
Another portion of the warehouse consists of endless rows of gigantic, airtight lockers. This is called “3D storage.”
Famous generals’ uniforms and Revolutionary War powder satchels…
… flags, canteens, and cannons.
And the rows go on and on and on and on…
But the crown jewel of the collection is the 16,000 pieces of fine art the army owns.
The art is kept on giant rolling metal frames.
The massive collection consists of donated and commissioned pieces. Much of the art was painted by soldiers who experienced their subjects in real life.
The art tells the story of America’s wars through a soldier’s unique perspective.
Some works are just beautiful beyond words.
Every aspect of war is captured in the collection.
The collection also includes original army propaganda art.
Including beautiful Norman Rockwell originals that the Army commissioned in the 1940s.
Virtually every American conflict is represented from a first-hand soldier’s perspective.
Vietnam.
Desert Storm.
Desert Storm.
Humanitarian aid missions to the conflicts of the 1980s.
Humanitarian aid missions to the conflicts of the 1980s.
Peace
War
The War on Terror.
The soldier’s perspective…
The collection also has a controversial side that has never been displayed.
Including watercolors painted by Hitler himself.
Not a single piece in this massive collection is open to the public. Why is it kept under lock and key in a blackened warehouse?
Simple answer: Because there is no museum to house it.
The Army Historical Foundation is in charge of raising the funds for the museum.
But until then…
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