The duties of the commission shall be as follows:
To recommend to the capitol commission the allocation of office space in the War Veterans Memorial Building;
To promote the observation of Armistice Day in all the public schools in the State of Mississippi by appropriate exercises;
To plan and conduct at the War Veterans Memorial Building and other appropriate places in the State of Mississippi ceremonies honoring the war dead of the State of Mississippi on Armistice Day and on other anniversary days designated by the commission;
To supervise the maintenance and preservation of Mississippi's acre in the Honor Grove of Freedom's Foundation at Valley Forge; and
To operate the Mississippi Military Museum located in the War Memorial Building.