HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) - With only a week before Veterans Day, the City of Huntsville formally broke ground on the expansion of the U.S. Veterans Memorial Museum at John Hunt Park.

The museum expansion is almost the size of a football field, sitting at 35,000 square feet. This significantly expands the museum's footprint and will provide more space for displays with artifacts dating back to the American Revolution.

At the groundbreaking, the Redstone-Huntsville Chapter of the Association of the United States Army presented city officials with a check for $100,000 to help with the expansion.

“This is a proud day for our city and, most importantly, for our veterans,” Mayor Tommy Battle said. “At the City of Huntsville, it is our great privilege to honor our veterans through this project,

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