MAMF’s Writer-in-Residence and the Apronista Artists present these events in Albuquerque
Category: Military Family Members
Some highlights from MAMF’s very busy 2014:
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better [person]. Benjamin Franklin
We at the Museum of the American Military Family would like to thank all of you who have helped us have a successful and wonderful year. We appreciate your kind words, support and participation! We look forward to a great 2015–
Some highlights from MAMF’s very busy 2014:
February
-Screened the Documentary Brown Babies at the South Broadway Cultural Center in Albuquerque, NM
March
Created two aprons for display as part of the Womyn’s Work Apron Project in Albuquerque
May through September
Exhibit: Sacrifice & Service: The American Military Family at the National Nuclear Museum (seen by 17, 116 visitors)
Activities as part of the exhibit: » Read more
A Salute to Our Heroes
On November 15, 2014, the Museum of the American Military Family, the City of Albuquerque , ChoppHearse, the Albuquerque Balloon Museum, and dozens of other organizations and groups collaborated on a “Salute to Our Heroes”. It was an amazing event.
Flag line and person bearing Memorial Folded Flag outside at Salute to Heroes Veterans Day Celebration 2014
Motorcyclists in jackets entering Salute to Heroes Veterans Day Celebration 2014
Mr. & Mrs. Olson holding small flags at Salute to Heroes Veterans Day Celebration 2014
The event started off with a motorcade and a flag line. Museum visitors joined cadets from several JROTC and ROTC units, the Young Marines and Bataan Military Academy. Distinguished guests from the National Guard, the City of Albuquerque and Service Organizations joined the procession into the Balloon Museum, where Director Sandor Cohen welcomed them, saying,
“WE ARE TRULY HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY AS PART OF A VERY SPECIAL OCCASION THAT PAYS TRIBUTE TO OUR BELOVED VETERANS – DEFENDERS OF OUR FREEDM – AND TO SUPPORT A VERY SPECIAL NEW MUSEUM IN THE ALBUQUERQUE AREA THAT NOT ONLY HONORS THE HEROES IN OUR MILITARY…BUT THAT ALSO TELLS THE STORY OF THEIR FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES, WHO EQUALLY EXEMPLIFY THAT SAME SENSE OF DUTY AND SACRIFICE AND LOVE OF COUNTRY THAT WE FIND IN THOSE WHO SERVE.”
As part of the program, there was a very moving flag folding ceremony followed by MAMF Director, Circe Olson Woessner accepting the flag, and reminding the audience,
“…So when celebrating Veterans Day, we should remember all of our Veterans, by thanking them for their service, listening to their stories…welcoming them home, but we also need to remember the ones who have died without ever telling their stories, the ones who are living in poverty on the streets, the ones that have no family or are being honored by strangers. Today, we specially honor them and welcome them to our family. ” » Read more
Come on over to the Albuquerque Balloon Museum on November 15, 2014
FOR MAMF, NO LAZY DAYS OF SUMMER
By Allen Dale Olson, MAMF Secretary/Public Affairs
When the MAMF exhibit, “Sacrifice & Service: The American Military Family,” closed on August 31, it had seen 17,116 visitors since opening on May 26 in the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History. And that doesn’t include the members of the Albuquerque Museum Collaborative Council or all the elementary and middle school kids who attended summer science camps in the Nuclear Museum. There were 145 VIPs at the Opening Reception on May 30.
But the exhibit was more than an exhibit. There were book readings by Steve Sparks, R. Sam Baty, and J. Allen Whitt. Four Poets – Caroline LeBlanc, Circe Olson Woessner, Jacqueline Murray Loring, and Karen Bradberry entertained with touching and humorous excerpts from letters and messages about family life in the military. » Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 8/28/2014
Albuquerque Military Veterans and Family Members Perform their Stories of Service in Telling, Albuquerque
Location: South Broadway Cultural Center
Dates / Times: September 11, 13, 19, 20 – 7pm
September 14, 21 – 2pm
Free to the Public
In 2014, The Telling Project w ill produce 8 original performances: Denver, CO; Portland, OR; Baltimore, MD; Albuquerque, NM; San Antonio, TX; Austin, TX; College Station, TX; and New York, NY. More than 70 military veterans and military veterans will speak to audiences of tens of thousands around the country.
Albuquerque, NM, is the third host for The Telling Project’s 2014 season, and is co-produced by the Museum of the American Military Family, in collaboration with Working Group Theater, underwritten by the Bob Woodruff Foundation.
Cast members include individuals who served in the Navy, Army, and Air Force. Audiences will hear stories from Vietnam combatants and conscientious objectors, women who served a full career in the military, as well as reflections by family members of military personnel. From helicopters, to ships, to the jungle floor; from broadcasting live through rocket fire, to playfully clanking bombs together in warehouses; from intimate battles to come to terms with experiences a lifetime ago, to the transformations that follow; Telling, Albuquerque will speak to a diverse range of military and military family experiences. All performers are Albuquerque residents who, wanting their communities to understand who they are and what they have undertaken over the last half-century.
Timed to coincide with the anniversary of September 11th, Telling, Albuquerque is a an opportunity to engage the Albuquerque area in an intimate, complex, and richly various conversation concerning military experience, veterans, military families, and war in a moment when the nation is contemplating these matters.
No press opening will be held, although access to rehearsals, interviews with cast and crew, and background information on The Telling Project and Telling, Albuquerque can be arranged in advance of the performance by contacting:
Max Rayneard, The Telling Project
541 556 4368
Max@thetellingproject.org
http://thetellingproject.org
“We hear about war on the news, but we don’t hear the personal side, up-close, from those who lived it. That’s about to change.” Kyle Taylor, Baltimore Sun.
“Go see this play.” Mike Rosenberg, Washington Post.
“The best performance of the season, hands down.” Ben Waterhouse, Willamette Week, Portland, OR, 2010.
Coming Soon: Telling, Albuquerque
MAMF Co-sponsors 2014 Wellness Conference in Albuquerque
Our Museum is planning our second exhibit and needs your help!
The Museum of the American Military Family is planning its next exhibit “Schooling With Uncle Sam” and is collecting short quotes for its panels. Over the next few months we’ll post a general category and if you’d like to contribute to the exhibit, feel free to post a short, complete thought under the post, along with the school/ year you were there. Please add if you were a teacher, student or parent. Additionally, if you have digital photos or movie footage to contribute to this exhibit or a possible documentary, either e-mail them to us or mail them to:
MAMF
PO Box 5085
Albuquerque, NM 87185
Email -militaryfamilymuseum@comcast.net
Please indicate that all submissions become part of the museum collection.
Here are some quote Categories:
First Day of School
The Host Nation
Field Trips
Traditions
Favorite Support Staff
Academics
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