NRA Fires Off a Museum of Guns
FAIRFAX, Va. — From Plymouth Rock to Desert Storm, part of American history is told through 2,000 guns at the National Rifle Assn.’s new museum.
A wheel-lock musket owned by John Alden, one of the nation’s first settlers, and an M-16 rifle used in the last war bookend the $3.1-million National Firearms Museum, opened last summer at NRA headquarters.
A room devoted to President Theodore Roosevelt has a two-barreled rifle engraved with the presidential seal. Other presidential pieces include a pistol that Gen. Dwight Eisenhower used in World War II and a high-tech rifle with a digital display that George Bush used in competitive shooting.
The museum is free and is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., except major holidays. Information: telephone (703) 267-1600.
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