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NEW MEXICO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HONORS MAMF WITH MEMORIAL BILL 28 IN THE STATE CAPITOL
2/25/2015
MAMF board sat up front of the House for the introduction and vote
The “Whereases” kept coming, each one more laudatory than the preceding one as the New Mexico House of Representatives Chief Clerk read House Memorial Bill 28 “recognizing the Museum of the American Military Family and Learning Center and the Importance of the American Military Family.”
HM 28 was sponsored and introduced by Representative Bill McCamley, Democrat of Las Cruces, and supported by several Members of both parties testifying in favor of this Museum which is focusing on experiences such as their own growing up with or being married to a person serving in one of the military services. Representative McCamley cited his own life in the military and the work MAMF is doing as his reasons for sponsoring the Bill. » Read more
MAMF’s Writer-in-Residence and the Apronista Artists present these events in Albuquerque
“Understanding the Military Child” Workshop in Florida Feb 13-14, 2015
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
FAST-PACED FALL FOR MAMF
Allen Dale Olson, Secretary/Public Affairs
From Lovington to Los Alamos — “Sacrifice & Service,” the exhibit that attracted 17,116 visitors during its stay in the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History between Memorial Day and Labor Day, spent two months in the Lea County History Museum will spend December in the Mesa Public Library in Los Alamos.
“Sacrifice & Service” is very much on our minds these days, as it will return home to Albuquerque right after the New Year’s holiday, and though we have arrangements to store it, we are hoping to find it a permanent home.
Meantime, we have started another exhibit and we’re calling it “Schooling with Uncle Sam,” the story of the Defense Department Dependents Schools and the students and teachers who have experienced them. We hope to have it completed by spring 2015. » Read more