• Boy Scout volunteers placing flags in the Andersonville National Cemetery for Memorial Day

    Andersonville

    National Historic Site Georgia

Special Exhibits

Andersonville National Historic Site features rotating exhibits in the hallway of the National Prisoner of War Museum. Check this page periodically to see what is currently on exhibit and a schedule for upcoming presentations.

 

Right Now
Andersonville's New Deal: The Civilian Conservations Corps

Past Exhibits
Remember the Pueblo (April 2011 - September 2011)
Vietnam KIAs from Macon County, Georgia (September 2010 - April 2011)
Civil War: The Struggle to Survive (April 2010 - September 2010)
Korea: The Forgotten War (September 2009 - April 2010)
Recent Aquisitions (March 2009 - September 2009)
Fall of the Philippines (April 2007 - March 2009)
Liberation to Home (June 2006 - April 2007)
Surviving Bitter Weather: How POWs Did It (November 2005 - June 2006)
POW/MIA Recognition Day (September 2005 - November 2005)
Letters to and From Home (February 2005 - September 2005)
POW Food Exhibit Part II (July 2004 - February 2005)
POW Food Exhibit Part I (April 2004 - July 2005)
While I was There: POW Artwork (October 2001 - April 2004)
Recent Aquisitions (January 2001 - October 2001)
Recent Aquisitions (July 2000 - July 2001)

Did You Know?

Headstone of Jacob Swarner in National Cemetery.  His brother, Adam, was the first prisoner to die at Andersonville

Adam Swarner, a young Cavalryman from New York State was the first prisoner to die at Andersonville.  Five months later, his brother Jacob was buried in grave number 4,005 of the National Cemetery.