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Waddell & Reed’s “Honoring Our History” traveling World War I exhibition will roll into Albuquerque for its 28th stop on a national 75-city tour. It will be in the parking lot at the Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Jan. 13. Admission to the World War I exhibition is free.
The museum is at 9201 Balloon Museum NE, just south of the Balloon Fiesta Park, north of Alameda. Visitors will experience the tight conditions of trench warfare, see the relatively primitive tools, weapons, equipment and uniforms of a war from 100 years ago. To celebrate its 75th anniversary, Waddell & Reed — working in partnership with the National World War I Museum — developed the 18-wheel traveling World War I museum. The tour is designed to raise funds and awareness for cultural institutions across the country during tough economic times. Funds raised in Albuquerque will be divided between the Balloon Museum and the National World War I Museum, based in Kansas City, Mo. Kiosks will allow the public to make donations after touring the exhibition. Waddell & Reed is one of the country’s oldest mutual fund companies. The two founders of Waddell & Reed, Chauncey Waddell and Cameron Reed, were veterans of World War I. The exhibit includes founder Chauncey Waddell’s flight gear, his flight suit and log book.
