page_title: U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center
section_title: Army Heritage Trail
hierarchical_section_title: U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center / Campus / Army Heritage Trail
context_page_description: The United States Army Heritage and Education Center, at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, is the U.S. Army's primary historical research facility. Formed in 1999 and reorganized in 2013, the center consists of the Military History Institute, the Army Heritage Museum, the Historical Services Division, Visitor and Education Services, the U.S. Army War College Library, and Collections Management. The U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center is part of the United States Army War College, but has its own 56-acre campus.
  The Heritage and Education Center makes available contemporary and historical materials related to strategic leadership, the global application of Landpower, and U.S. Army Heritage to inform research, educate an international audience, and honor Soldiers, past and present. The USAHEC team strives to:
  Use: The premier choice for researching strategic leadership, employment of Landpower, and U.S. Army Heritage
  Support: Actively support the USAWC mission and JIIM team with value-added products and analysis
  Acquire: Purchase or accept donations of relevant contemporary and historical materials
context_section_description: The  Army Heritage Trail, a one-mile (1.6 km) walking path of outdoor exhibits and markers on various eras in U.S. Army history. Notable exhibits include:
  Replica American Revolutionary War redoubt from the 1781 Siege of Yorktown,
  Way-station cabin built to resemble those of the French and Indian War
  Cabins representing an American Civil War winter encampment
  World War II induction center
  Recreation of a western front trench system from World War I, shellhole-marked no-man's land, and a corresponding German pillbox.
  Vietnam War firebase with two M102 howitzers, a guard tower, and defensive berm
  M4 Sherman Tank, M60 Patton Main Battle Tank, Bell AH-1 Cobra helicopter, Pak 43/41 88mm German World War II era artillery cannon, 12 pounder Napoleon Civil War era cannon, and many other vehicles and weapons
  The Army Heritage Trail is open for visitation dawn to dusk daily. The buildings and structures on the trail are only open when the USAHEC buildings are open.
caption: Re-enactors fire from an American Revolutionary War redoubt on the Army Heritage Trail. It is a replica of Redoubt 10, a British redoubt seized by Continental Army troops at the Siege of Yorktown on October 14, 1781.
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