Camp Van Dorn World War II — Attraction in Centreville

We had no idea about this museum or Camp Van Dorn until recently. We stopped in and waited for them to open and right at one o'clock the door was opened for us. The old bank building that has housed the museum for the past 20 years was interesting in and of itself but the contents were the reason we were there. Camp Van Dorn was located outside of Centreville but this town was the closest place thousands of young military men had to visit. At times there were ten times the population of the town at the Camp. The camp itself is gone and mostly forgotten, along with the men who trained here to fight and those who took care of them. The walls are full of photos and memorabilia of their march across Europe and into Germany. The 63rd and 99th distinguished themselves in the bitter fighting at the Battle of the Bulge as well as breaching the Siegfried Line. Without towns such as Centreville hosting Camps like Van Dorn the United States Army would not have gained the success it did during that war. And the museum portrays life at the Camp and the aftermath of the war perfectly. The two ladies were very knowledgeable on the subject and were a...

I visited the museum when I lived in Centerville at the age of 7. I learned a lot of history. I also learned my great-grandfather donated a WWII relic...

Ms.Emma is 92 years young she has so much history with Camp Van Dorm when God call home she's taking a lot of...