Siteplans

Three parking places are planned, with space for 600 cars and up to 50 buses. The site can be accessed by Ft. Benning Blvd. Although the site is past the post's main gate, visitors will not have to have to clear security stations before entering the museum site.

The museum building can be seen from Ft. Benning Blvd, but it will be separated from the road by a reflecting pond.

A 500-seat amphitheater can be used for programs, concerts or services.

The wooded site provides perfect conditions for re-enactors. Costumed interpreters and live guides will be available both inside and throughout the museum grounds.

Some 28,000 Infantry students at Ft. Benning will graduate each year on a new Parade Ground at the south end of the museum site. There will be grandstand seating for 1,500 friends and family members. The stands will be covered to protect them from rain and the Southern sun.

One of Ft. Benning's icon Jump Towers will be moved to the site. The 250-foot tower will be anchored by an original rigger building, renovated to house rest rooms, concessions and a satellite museum shop.

A 22-foot-wide Walk of Honor will connect the Parade Ground with the museum. Along the walk will be dozens of monuments and memorials to various Infantry units.

World War II Company Street will feature a collection of six 1940s era buildings that were rescued from the wrecking ball and renovated for their historical importance. Visitors can walk the same headquarters used by Gen. George Patton during his service at Ft. Benning. They can experience life in the lowly barracks. And a fully functional chapel will welcome weddings, baptisms and other ceremonies.

Along the existing RiverWalk connecting Columbus, Georgia with Ft. Benning will be a series of life-sized, bronzed vignettes, depicting wars and conflicts waged by Infantryman. Visitors will be encouraged to walk among the figures, to get a sense of what being there was really like.

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