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Besser Museum

is a 501(c)3 non-profit charitable organization.

The Besser Museum is a 501 (c)(3), non-profit, membership corporation stewarded by its own Board of Trustees.

The museum receives no continuing financial support from federal, state, or local government entities or millage.

Operational support is generated through admission fees, membership dues, awarded grants and donations.

Besser Museum is an accrediated museum by the American Alliance of Museums.

Our vision is a community that can explore the dynamic story of Northeast Michigan's interconnected natural resources and cultural heritage

through the ability to navigate the past, illuminate the present, and imagine the future.

Alpena's Service in the Great War, by the Northeast Michigan Genealogical Society.

This text is the history of a small town in Northeast Michigan and its response to the Great War. An interesting glimpse of the pre-war attitude and how the community pulled together to take care of the boys when the war was declared. Community members made many sacrifices, both those imposed by the government and the individual contributions of the men, women, and children. Over 600 military biographies of veterans included.