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Military Museum’s Video of the Week Features Laptop Used in Iraq
Release Date:
Friday, April 25, 2008
Contact:

Jai Cassidy Shaiman
Public Information Coordinator
SC Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum
jcassidy@crr.sc.gov
803-737-8095

Press Release:

This week’s new video on the SC Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum’s YouTube Channel features Chief Curator of Collections and Exhibitions Sarah Wooton discussing a laptop donated by Major Scott Bell.  This laptop was used when he recently served in Iraq and is now part of the museum’s Write from the Front Collection.  This award winning program seeks to collect and preserve the emails and digital photos from soldiers during the current War on Terror.

The museum’s site video can be accessed by visiting www.crr.sc.gov/videos or http://www.youtube.com/SCCRRMM. After creating a free YouTube account visitors choose to subscribe to the channel by clicking the “Subscribe” button in the top right hand corner of the page. New videos are added regularly.

Founded in 1896, the SC Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum is the oldest museum in the Columbia area. The museum focuses on South Carolina’s military history from the Revolutionary War to the present War on Terror. 

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