1 dress uniform jacket belonging to Keith Kerr (1936-2021). Kerr was a retired United States Army Reserve Colonel and, later, brigadier general in the California State Military Reserve (now the California State Guard). In a 2003 New York Times editorial, Kerr criticized the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy and also shared his identity as a gay man.

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