National Museum of the Pacific War
by Jon Burch Photography
Title
National Museum of the Pacific War
Artist
Jon Burch Photography
Medium
Photograph - Digital Capture
Description
The National Museum of the Pacific War is located in Fredericksburg, Texas, the boyhood home of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. Fleet Admiral Nimitz served as Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet during World War II. The six acre site includes the Admiral Nimitz Museum which is housed in the old Nimitz Hotel and tells the story of Fleet Admiral Nimitz beginning with his life as a young boy through his naval career as well as the evolution of the old hotel.
Charles Nimitz senior built the Nimitz Hotel in 1852, and deeded it over to his son Charles H. Nimitz, Jr., in 1906. Locals referred to it as the Steamboat Hotel because of the ship's bow front. The hotel had its own saloon and brewery, a ballroom that doubled as a theatre, a smokehouse, and a bath-house. In its heyday, the hotel hosted such guests as Horace Greeley, Johnny Ringo, President Rutherford B. Hayes, General Robert E. Lee, General James Longstreet, General Phil Sheridan, William Sydney Porter and General Ulysses S. Grant.
Chester Nimitz was accepted for enrollment in the United States Naval Academy, where he graduated seventh out of a class of 114. Nimitz rose to the rank of Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Pacific Forces in World War II. Fleet Admiral Nimitz died February 20, 1966.
The nearby Nimitz Hotel was designated a Texas Historic Landmark in 1989.
Ordered photographs will not contain the FAA watermark.
Image copyright 2016 Jon Burch Photography all rights reserved.
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January 23rd, 2016
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