Pratt Museum, Legion Opening Military Tribute Exhibit

PRATTSVILLE – The Zadock Pratt Museum Board along with the support of the Virgil E Deyo American Legion Post #1327 is announcing an exhibit we will be hosting at the Museum on Main Street in Prattsville NY.  A Mountain Top tribute to the Military branches of the USA.  The exhibition will open with the museum’s opening on Memorial Day Weekend on Saturday  May 23, 202 (Museum opens at 11 AM). The goal is to provide a central exhibit of the local residents who served in the various services:  US Navy, US Army, US Air Force, US Marine Corps, US Coast Guard and the US Space Force.  Families are welcome to submit more than one tribute per family; grandparents and great grandparents are also welcome.  The exhibit will run through the end of June.  The Pratt family had a well-documented history of serving the United States during Zadock’s lifetime and also during his son’s lifetime.  The board felt that it would be a fantastic way to pay tribute to the families of the local Mountain Top and to tie into the banners that many of the local towns are now displaying.  The Prattsville American Legion Post 1327, Virgil E Deyo has been displaying the banners for several years now.

We are looking for local families and residents from the following towns, villages, and hamlets to get involved:  Prattsville, Grand Gorge, Lexington, Gilboa, Conesville, West Conesville, Westkill, Ashland, Jewett, Blenheim and Windham.   If interested, we ask that you submit a copy (no original photos please) of the Honorably Discharged service member in uniform in a simple 9 x12 inch black frame along with another black 9x12 frame with a brief bio of the service member.  A copy of a newspaper article can also be used and although we would prefer the bio to be typed, handwritten stories will also be accepted.   Once again, families can submit one for each service member.  (If you do not have frames, please include $10 and we will purchase frames for you.) If you are unable to drop off your tribute at the museum in Prattsville, you can mail the photo and Bio to the Museum at:  PO Box 333, Prattsville NY 12468,  We do ask that if you are mailing the information, that you include a check for $10 (payable to Zadock Pratt Museum) to help cover the cost of the frames.

Exhibits can be dropped off at the Museum at 14540 NY Route 23, Prattsville, NY 12468 starting May 2, 2026

If you have any questions, you can email the Zadock Pratt Museum at Zprattmuseum@gmail.com or call Stephen Birnbaum at 713-628-5675.