Heroes Hall moves to new home to become O.C.’s veterans museum

Crew members move Heroes Hall to its permanent location at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa on Monday. It will become a veterans museum that is scheduled to open Nov. 11, Veterans Day.

Crew members move Heroes Hall to its permanent location at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa on Monday. It will become a veterans museum that is scheduled to open Nov. 11, Veterans Day.

  (Kevin Chang / Daily Pilot)

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Heroes Hall, a former World War II barracks, moved to its new home Monday to become Orange County’s veterans museum.

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Veterans gather for a group photo before crew members move Heroes Hall to its permanent location at the Orange County Fairgrounds on Monday. The museum is scheduled to open Nov. 11, Veterans Day.  (Kevin Chang / Daily Pilot)

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Crew members move Heroes Hall, a veterans museum, to its permanent location Monday morning. The museum will be near Centennial Farm at the Orange County Fairgrounds.  (Kevin Chang / Daily Pilot)

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State Sen. Janet Nguyen (R-Garden Grove) speaks in front of Heroes Hall before it is permanently set in place Monday. “From this day forward, these old barracks will breathe new life,” she said.

  (Kevin Chang / Daily Pilot)

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Kevin Reese of Costa Mesa captures a family photo with wife Christina and their two children, Owen and Dane, as crew members move Heroes Hall in Costa Mesa on Monday. Heroes Hall is a former World War II-era Army barracks built around 1942.  (Kevin Chang / Daily Pilot)