The Carrahee Military Museum, Toccoa, Georgia

What is special about the Carrahee Military Museum?  Well, it tells the history of the nearby Camp Toccoa where paratroopers were trained.  The camp was opened during World War II to train the new type of soldier known as the paratrooper.  A visit to the museum tells the history of the camp and the uniforms and weapons they used.  What is special about Camp Toccoa?  It was the original home of the ‘Band of Brothers’,  a group of soldiers who fought during World War II.  If you are in the northern region of the U.S. state of Georgia, you must make your way to the town of Toccoa to visit the Carrahee Military Museum.

Some of you are saying, “Well is this something?  Here is a museum that is specifically about paratroopers, and I do remember the HBO series on the Band of Brothers.  I love the military and have great respect for them, but being a military museum, it is about the military and not about the railroad.  Therefore, I will not be jumping in to visit this place.”

Yes.  It is a military museum.  Yes.  It is about Camp Toccoa.  Yes, you will see military history on display here.  Yes, this was the home of the ‘Band of Brothers’.  However, you are wrong when you say that this place has no railroad history.

What does the Carrahee Military Museum have to do with the railroad?  Well, you will notice this as soon as you arrive.  How will you notice?  First of all, the Carrahee Military Museum is housed in the old train station.  You arrive at the old train station, and you notice the train platform.  Amtrak does make stops here.

Now you are saying, “That is nice, but many museums are housed in old train stations.  The museum itself has nothing to do with the railroad nor does it have any railroad history.”

Ladies and gentlemen, you are wrong again.

As soldiers came to Camp Toccoa to train as paratroopers during World War II, they arrived by train.  Yes, the railroad played a great role in the training by bringing the soon to be paratroopers to their training.

If you still need another reason to visit the Carrahee Military Museum, the old train station is also the home of the Stephens County Historical Museum of which the town of Toccoa is located in.  The museum tells the history of the county to include the history of the railroad.  There is a scale from the Southern Railroad and a small model of a Southern Railroad Train on display.  You can read the speech made by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, former President of the United States of America from the platform on the rear of a train in Toccoa.

Now you have many reasons to visit the Carrahee Military Museum.  It is one of many great reasons to visit the great state of Georgia.

The Carrahee Military Museum is located inside the old train station in Toccoa, Georgia along with the Stephens County Historical Museum and the town visitor center.  It is located at 160 Alexander Street.  The museum is wheelchair accessible.  You can get more information about admission, get directions to the museum, and read more into the history of Camp Toccoa and how you can get a tour at https://www.toccoahistory.com/.

Visit the Carrahee Military Museum.  Come and see how the railroad played a major role in helping soldiers jump out of planes.