Museum at the Brig set to reopen at Farragut State Park
A statue of a Navy soldier greets visitors to the Museum at the Brig at Farragut State Park.
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Liz Palfini, Jim Stephens and Susan Buxton share a moment during a preview of the reopening of the Museum at the Brig.
Stephens first came to Farragut Naval Training Station in 1943 as a new recruit.
This summer, he turns 100 and is looking forward to returning to the museum as part of his celebration.
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Jessica Sites and her husband, Jason Sites move through the Women of World War II exhibition Thursday at the Museum at the Brig.
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The Museum at the Brig at Farragut State Park.
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The new exhibition, "Solitary Confinement" takes visitors through preserved pieces of the U.S. Navy's brig at Farragut State Park. The Museum at the Brig also hosts prisoners of war during WWII.
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The original words used in Morse Code during WWII line a wall at the Farragut State Park's Museum at the Brig.
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ATHOL — Jim Stephens first came to Farragut Naval Training Base as a young man, ready to serve in World War II.
He became a swim instructor for new recruits and learned the skills he would need to serve in a military hospital for American soldiers fighting in the Pacific Theater.
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