{"id":55920,"date":"2014-05-27T14:00:20","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T18:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=55920"},"modified":"2014-05-26T17:27:29","modified_gmt":"2014-05-26T21:27:29","slug":"national-abolition-hall-of-fame-museum-to-participate-in-blue-star-museums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=55920","title":{"rendered":"National Abolition Hall of Fame Museum to Participate in Blue Star Museums"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Peterboro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-49379\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Peterboro.jpg\" alt=\"Peterboro\" width=\"226\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Peterboro.jpg 226w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Peterboro-150x138.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Peterboro, NY &#8211; May 21, 2014) The\u00a0National Abolition Hall Of Fame And Museum\u00a0recently announced the launch of Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 2,000 museums across America to offer free admission to the nation\u2019s active duty military personnel including National Guard and Reserve and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Leadership support has been provided by MetLife Foundation through Blue Star Families. The program provides families an opportunity to enjoy the nation&#8217;s cultural heritage and learn more about their new communities after a military move.<\/p>\n<p>The complete list of participating museums is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/arts.gov\/national\/blue\u2010star\u2010museums\" target=\"_blank\">arts.gov\/national\/blue\u2010star\u2010museums<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlue Star Museums has grown into a nationally recognized program that service members and their families look forward to each year,\u201d said Blue Star Families Chief Executive Officer Kathy Roth\u2010Douquet. \u201cIt helps bring our local military and civilian communities together, and offers families fun and enriching activities in their home towns. We are thrilled with the continued growth of the program and the unparalleled opportunities it offers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0National Abolition Hall Of Fame and Museum\u00a0is one of more than 2,000 museums across America to offer free admission to military personnel and their families this summer in collaboration with the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, and the Department of Defense.<\/p>\n<p>The National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum honors antislavery abolitionists, their work to end slavery, and the legacy of that struggle, and strives to complete the second and ongoing abolition \u2013 the moral conviction to end racism.<\/p>\n<p>The free admission program is available to\u00a0any\u00a0bearer of a Geneva Convention common access card (CAC), a DD Form 1173 ID card (dependent ID), or a DD Form 1173\u20101 ID card, which includes active duty U.S. military \u2010 Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, as well as members of the National Guard and Reserve, U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, NOAA Commissioned Corps \u2010 and up to five family members.<\/p>\n<p>Visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalabolitionhalloffameandmuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.nationalabolitionhalloffameandmuseum.org<\/a>\u00a0for additional information.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Peterboro, NY &#8211; May 21, 2014) The\u00a0National Abolition Hall Of Fame And Museum\u00a0recently announced the launch of Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 2,000 museums across America to offer free admission to the nation\u2019s active duty military personnel including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22367,21571],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-veterans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55920\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}