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Museum of the American Military Family 
Wins 2018 AASLH Albert B. Corey Award

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For Immediate Release

Contact:
Circe Olson Woessner
circe@militaryfamilymuseum.org
505-504-6830
Museum of the American Military Family

Bethany Hawkins
hawkins@aaslh.org
615-320-3203
AASLH

Museum of the American Military Family 
Wins 2018 AASLH Albert B. Corey Award

NASHVILLE, TN—June 2018—The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) proudly announces that the Tijeras-based Museum of the American Military Family and Learning Center is the recipient of the Albert B. Corey Award for the program, INSIDE OUT: Memories from Inside the Closet. The AASLH Leadership in History Awards, now in its 73rd year, is the most prestigious recognition for achievement in the preservation and interpretation of state and local history.

The Albert B. Corey Award is named in honor of a founder and former president of AASLH and recognizes primarily volunteer-operated organizations that best display the qualities of vigor, scholarship, and imagination in their work. The Leadership in History Awards committee presents the Corey Award at their discretion. This special honor also includes a $500 award for the organization.

“Inside Out: Memories from Inside the Closet,” is an exhibit at the Museum of the American Military Family (MAMF) which debuted on September 17, 2017 with a music and spoken word program. The exhibit is a collection of personal stories and art painted on military uniform shirts by LGBTQ military veterans and facilitated by psychologist Dr. Kyle Erwin, of El Paso, TX. The exhibit coincided with the release of a MAMF anthology titled SHOUT! Sharing Our Truth: Writings by LGBT veterans and family members of the US Military Services. The book is co-edited by Dr. Circe Olson Woessner, MAMF Executive Director, and Richmond, VA, resident Lora Beldon, MAMF Artist in Residence, Founder of Military Kid Art Project and Co-Director of The BRAT Art Institute. In late 2018, MAMF will collaborate with Richmond’s TheatreLAB, also with help from Diversity Richmond, on a play, based in part, from the anthology, and will launch its follow-up exhibit, “Still Shouting!” in New Mexico.

This year, AASLH is proud to confer forty-four national awards honoring people, projects, exhibits, and publications. The winners represent the best in the field and provide leadership for the future of state and local history. Presentation of the awards will be made at a special banquet during the 2018 AASLH Annual Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri, on Friday, September 28. The banquet is supported by a generous contribution from the History Channel.

The AASLH awards program was initiated in 1945 to establish and encourage standards of excellence in the collection, preservation, and interpretation of state and
local history throughout the United States. The AASLH Leadership in History Awards not only honor significant achievement in the field of state and local history, but also bring public recognition of the opportunities for small and large organizations, institutions, and programs to make contributions in this arena. For more information about the Leadership in History Awards, contact AASLH at 615-320-3203, or go to www.aaslh.org.

The American Association for State and Local History is a not-for-profit professional organization of individuals and institutions working to preserve and promote history. From its headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee, AASLH provides leadership, service, and support for its members who preserve and interpret state and local history in order to make the past more meaningful in American society. AASLH publishes books, technical publications, a quarterly magazine, a monthly newsletter, and maintains numerous affinity groups and committees serving a broad range of constituents across the historical community. The association also sponsors an annual meeting, regional and national training in-person workshops, and online training.
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Run For the Wall Passing Through New Mexico

Museum News

–Allen Dale Olson

Albuquerque, N.M. — Over 1600 motorcycle riders traveling on three separate “Routes” will be passing through New Mexico on May 17 and 18, 2018, as part of the annual Run for the Wall (RFTW) event.

Started in 1989 by Vietnam Veterans James Gregory and Bill Evans, this year’s event will have thousands of motorcyclists crossing the country, gathering more riders along the way, while visiting various communities and VA facilities as the riders make their way to the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. over Memorial Day weekend.

“For 30 years, the Run has brought together people from diverse backgrounds to form an instant community. Strangers become friends and lifetime bonds are formed,” says Dr. Circe Olson Woessner, Executive Director of the Museum of the American Military Family & Learning Center. “We are proud to support the Run For the Wall mission.”

Woessner is the New Mexico coordinator for the RFTW Midway Route. The Midway Route will have almost 400 riders as it passes through New Mexico. Duke City Harley Davidson will serve as a fuel sponsor for one leg of the New Mexico ride, and will host a dinner for the riders at their dealership on May 17. Rich Ford on Lomas and Wyoming will provide a hearty New Mexico breakfast for the group on May 18.

“Rich Ford is a proud supporter of the men and women who serve our country and help preserve our way of life,” says Dennis Snyder, President, Rich Ford.

Many New Mexico service organizations from across the state, including the Veterans Canteen Service, will contribute food or fuel. Volunteers in Grants and Santa Rosa will prepare lunches for the group. Other stops in New Mexico for Midway will include Milan Elementary School, the Moriarty Veterans Memorial, and the Santa Rosa Convention Center.

Run For The Wall’s mission is to promote healing among all veterans, their families and friends; to call for an accounting of all prisoners of war and those missing in action (POW/MIA); to honor the memory of those killed in action (KIA) from all wars, and to support U.S. military personnel around the world.

East Mountain residents are encouraged to line the street in Moriarty and show their support to the riders as they pass through Moriarty on May 18th around 9:00 am. (Times are approximate, and dependent on traffic and weather.)

Ambassadors from the group will visit the Museum of the American Military Family on May 18. The museum is located at 546 New Mexico Highway 333 (aka Route 66) in Tijeras.

For more information, please contact Dr. Circe Olson Woessner at (505) 504-6830

 

 

Looking to Start a New Mexico Group of Former DODDS Teachers & Students

Museum News

by Circe Olson Woessner

Recently, several former DoDDS teachers came to visit the Museum of the American Military Family (MAMF). They had such a great time going through it, pouring through our yearbook collection, admiring the artifacts collected by fellow teacher Dorothy Cox, and swapping stories of their own years of teaching at various schools around the world.

Since having moved to Albuquerque, I’ve run into several DoDDs teachers who live here. One of them, Betty Follett suggested there must be more living in the state.

She says, “I’d like to find teachers, aides, students–anyone connected to DoDDS in New Mexico who might want to get together once in a while to share our experiences overseas.”

I thought that it would be great to host the first get-together in the Museum’s garden on April 28, 2018 from 1:00-3:00. Light refreshments will be served.

MAMF is located at 546B State Route 333 (Old Route 66), right next to Molly’s Bar, in Tijeras.

Please RSVP to Betty Suva Barron Follett  at (505) 565-2451

 

 

Rio Grande Credit Union Sponsors Workshop

Museum News

The Museum of the American Military Family & Learning Center and the Rio Grande Credit Union have partnered together to host a workshop: “Discovering the Self Through Self Portraits”. This workshop for veterans and military families will be facilitated by Santa Fe artist Amy Stein.

This innovative class helps participants find their inner-artist/self, with an exciting and eye-opening step-by-step approach to drawing portraits. Using a combination of drawing skills, visualization, and guided imagery, participants reach deep parts of themselves previously unavailable, and create striking and meaningful works of art.

The portraits will be on display in April at the museum, located at 546B state highway 333, Tijeras.

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