A Cold War exhibit created by high school students will soon have a grand opening "" will be featured at the in Fayetteville next month.
It was designed by six students from Jack Britt High School as part of a school-wide contest. The students were chosen out of 25 applicants.
The exhibit tells stories about Special Forces soldiers in Berlin, Germany, assigned to sensitive missions during the Cold War from 1956 through 1990.
鈥淓ach one of the students are responsible for one specific topic,鈥� said Steve Claybaugh, an American History teacher at Jack Britt High School. 鈥淥ne of the topics is like a day in the life, and [another] one of the topics is the training these guys went through.鈥�
Each topic is explained in 120 characters on a 20-foot long reimagined version of the Berlin Wall at the museum.
Claybaugh said the exhibit also shows how the soldiers had to blend in with the civilians in Berlin during the Cold War.
鈥淭he soldiers were trained and they were all fluent in German,鈥� he said. 鈥淭hey were wearing German civilian clothing, and they carried German passports.鈥�
The grand opening for the 鈥淗idden in Plain View鈥� exhibit is next week Tuesday, May 7 at 6 p.m.
