{"id":8867,"date":"2014-06-11T23:54:14","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T03:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=8867"},"modified":"2014-06-12T15:50:12","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T19:50:12","slug":"happy-trails-aaf-tank-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/11\/happy-trails-aaf-tank-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATED: Happy Trails, AAF Tank Museum!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s official. You’ll soon be able to call the building the old Disston plant again.<\/p>\n

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William & Karen Gasser moved all of their tanks and war memorabilia to Danville in 1999. They’re moving it to West Liberty, Ohio.<\/p>\n

Tank Museum To Relocate Locally<\/a><\/h4>\n

I went to the AAF Tank Museum once to film one of their model tank battles. They had a lot of tanks and memorabilia, but they had no climate control in the building. In the middle of summer, the metal building was an oven. Ugh.<\/p>\n

I’ll add to this article as soon as I get more information.<\/p>\n

UPDATE #1<\/strong>: I spoke with the town clerk of West Liberty, OH. She said that the Tank Museum has not asked for any public money or tourism money to make the move.<\/p>\n

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It’s official. You’ll soon be able to call the building the old Disston plant again.<\/p>\n

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