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National Coast Guard Museum Association Awarded $300,000 Frank Loomis Palmer Fund Grant
Grant Brings New London's National Coast Guard Museum Association to 25% of Fundraising Goal.
The National Coast Guard Museum Association, Inc. is the proud recipient of a three year grant for $300,000.00 to support recognition, preview exhibits and renderings.
“The National Coast Guard Museum Association would like to thank the Frank Loomis Palmer Fund and its Trustees, Bank of America and U.S.Trust. We are most thankful for your support and generosity for this long overdue Museum that will honor the 225 years of service of the Coast Guard to all of America,” said John S. Johnson, Treasurer of the National Coast Guard Museum Association, Inc. “With this grant we are now officially 25% of the way to our goal of building the museum.”
The Frank Loomis Palmer Fund was established in 1936 to support and promote quality educational, cultural, human services and health care programming for underserved populations. The Palmer Fund specifically serves the people of New London, Connecticut.
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About the National Coast Guard Museum
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The National Coast Guard Museum will honor the heroism of the men and women who answered the call to always be ready, as in the Coast Guard motto: Semper Paratus. Permanent and revolving multimedia exhibits will tell compelling stories of the past, the present and the future as they evoke the Coast Guard’s critical role and mission in maritime
security, safety, protection of natural resources, and national defense. The museum will use interactive and modern technology to engage the public, veterans and present Coast Guard men and women as they serve our nation now and into the future.
The National Coast Guard Museum Association, Inc. is a private nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the United States Coast Guard history and tradition. The museum will open in 2018 based on the raising of fifty million dollars in private donations to match the same dollar amount in government grants. For more information or to make a donation, contact the National Coast Guard Museum Association at 860.443.4200 or visit www.coastguardmuseum.org, and follow @USCGMuseum on Facebook and Twitter.
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