It ’s 7 Prime Minister on a Friday Nox and the bar is packed .

Inside , wartime photography and memorabilia cover the walls of this luau- and Tiki - pep up watering hole . Patrons portion out beers at tenacious beer hall tables , while slight replication WWII hero planes fly by overhead on an automated pulley track system . In the midriff of the room , Edgar Albert Guest take photos of – and drink beer inside – an bona fide 1942 Admiral Nimitz Jeep , and a Vietnam - eratuktuk(auto jinrikisha )   used to shuttle aeronaut to their B-52 bombers .

This is n’t your grandad ’s canteen bar . Wait , nevermind : It’sexactlyyour granddad ’s canteen legal community .

Home of the Brave Brewseum

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Down an retiring skittle alley off Ward Ave , this tuck - away smudge is theHome of the Brave Brewseum , hand - built and forgather for a delegacy : to recollect , accolade , and salute America ’s fighting mankind and women . At first coup d’oeil , the interior of the bar resemble a T.G.I. Friday ’s or Ruby Tuesday ; historical artifacts fill the shelf and antique signs get over the walls . But unlike those mountain chain restaurants , the Brewseum is n’t fill up with a jumble of ahistorical prop . They ’re tell a story , and an important one at that .

Everything on display here , from the vehicles to the weapons and equipment to the photograph , is real , and has been donate by veterans as a way to share their experiences and observe the past tense . " Everything in the museum has been donated by veterans or their families for this aim , as a way to pass the stories on to next generation , " says owner Glen Tomlinson . " As the decades go by , the just way we can abide by the legacy of these fighting men and women is to share their stories , so they never become forgotten . "

The Brewseum is part of a expectant project : The nursing home of the Brave Tours and Museum , a series of tours for holidaymaker and military fancier to historic WWII sites on Oahu , such as the Battleship Missouri , the USS Arizona Memorial , Wheeler Army Airfield , Schofield Barracks , and the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific . Each tour finishes at The Home of the Brave Museum headquarters in Kaka‘ako with a showcase of hundreds of item , each with its own story and role in the warfare . It ’s the largest and most comprehensive individual assemblage of WWII memorabilia and artifacts in the Pacific .

Home of the Brave Brewseum

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In 1991 , history buff Glen and Janet Tomlinson founded the Home of the Brave Tours in remembrance of the 50th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor . They were exhort by firsthand accounts by veterans of their experiences in the war , as well as aliveness in the Pacific . These veterans , and then many more , began to donate items that would hail to shape the museum that the Home of the Brave is today .

The best part is that it ’s not the kind of museum where you ’re supposed to step back and stay quiet . " It ’s a touchy - feely museum , " Tomlinson say , about the Home of the Brave . " We want our guest to see and experience as much as they can . "

Visitors are encouraged to take exposure and search everything from a WWII jeep to the 1942 Army - topic Harley Davidson bike used in the filmPearl Harbor . They can feel the veritable soldier ’ uniform on showing , and gauge the weight unit of a 1940s - geological era US Army helmet for themselves . Or go up the stairs and revel a cold nursing bottle of Coke in the Wiki Waki Woo Tropical Bar & Lounge .

Home of the Brave Brewseum

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The Tomlinsons have also make their own brewery at the back of the museum , and first debut their own hand - crafted beer in the museum ’s minor second - story lounge . The original beers , including such styles as the smooth Remember Pearl Harbor Dark Lager and the citrusy Pilot Pale Ale , evidence extremely popular , and lead to the museum ’s enlargement to the construction next threshold and the buildout of a new , dedicated “ brewseum . ” The museum now captures the tone of Pacific life in the forties , honors the light , and serve us think an of import era in account with one of the least intimidating , most hands - on museums around . cheer to that .

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Home of the Brave Brewseum

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