National Corvette Museum honors veterans through Vet ‘n Vettes program

What This Story Is About

• The National Corvette Museum is honoring veterans through its Vet ‘n Vettes program, which includes Corvette rides in the Bowling Green Veterans Day parade and free admission in November.

Why It Matters

• Brings together Corvettes and people who have served in the military.

What Happens Next

• Veterans and active duty service members can visit the museum free through the end of November, and more information is at corvettemuseum.org.

For Context

• The museum has run Vet ‘n Vettes since 2008, and the Corvette name ties back to a Navy vessel that can be tracked to the 1600s and was brought back in World War II.

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - The National Corvette Museum is continuing its Vet ‘n Vettes program, which brings together Corvettes and people who have served in the military.

What the program offers

The museum has honored veterans through Vet ‘n Vettes since 2008. The program gives veterans a chance to tour the museum, get behind the wheel of a Corvette and take it for a test drive at NCM Motorsports Park or out in the community.

Military ties to the Corvette name

Ryan Eichler, the museum’s director of marketing, said the military’s influence on the Corvette goes back to its name.

Eichler said the name ties back to a Navy vessel that can be tracked to the 1600s. He said the name was brought back in World War II for “a fast kind of patrol attack boat.” He said that when the name for the new Chevrolet sports car was under consideration, Corvette was the one chosen.

Free admission in November

Eichler said veterans are part of the museum’s membership and staff.

“Veterans mean so much to us at the National Corvette Museum. Many of our members are veterans. Many of our staff are veterans, and so one thing that we’ve done beyond our Vet ‘n Vettes event is actually for the entire month of November, all veterans as well as active duty service members get free admission,” Eichler said.

Veterans Day parade

As part of the Vet ‘n Vettes celebration, veterans rode in Corvettes through the Bowling Green Veterans Day parade.

“The Veterans Day parade here in Bowling Green is just such an awesome way to show that we’re able to give back, the relationship that we have with the community. But then just really another way that we can thank and honor our veterans. I mean, I don’t think there’s a way that you can do that too much, right?” Eichler said.

More information is available at corvettemuseum.org.