Updated August 20, 2018

Yesterday was a very special day in Ardmore, the Ardmore Veterans Group opened the Ardmore Veterans Museum.

The museum started as a veterans memorial, according to group president Ken Crosson. Three flag poles were placed on a concrete base for the public to see as they drove through Ardmore.

A collection of memory rocks was also given a home in the memorial. Each rock contains the name of a local military member as well as his or her branch of service and other information.

"We started with 30," Crosson said, "and now I've got 400, That's our veterans memorial."

Crosson, an Army veteran himself, moved to Ardmore after he retired and served on the city council of Ardmore. He continues to serve as president of the Ardmore Veterans Group, which consists of veterans from Alabama & Tennessee.

It was Ardmore, Tennessee, that donated a 3,500-square-foot space for the museum. Inside, items from local veterans in Alabama and Tennessee are displayed.

It’s a work in progress, there’ll also be a library in the museum filled with books, maps and other war, or veteran, related texts, but as of Sunday, the Ardmore Veterans Museum is open.