‘Washington Remembers’

Museum exhibit brings World War II home

MOSES LAKE — Thirty-four countries at war. More than 70 million men in arms. Roughly 3% of the world’s population dead by the end. The Second World War only lasted six years, and America’s part in it less than three, but few eras define the world we live in so much, or loom as large in our national consciousness. “World War II is a topic of endless fascination for people just because it was so complex and so world-changing,” said Dollie Boyd, the director of the Moses Lake Museum & Art Center, which is currently hosting an exhibit dedicated to that conflict. “It's the memories and the experiences of the people who are there at the time.” The exhibit, titled “Washington Remembers World War II,” is actually one piece in a three-part whole. One part comes from the Washington Secretary of State and focuses on the experiences of Washingtonians from different walks of life as the war touched them.