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By Pam Meister, President and CEO, The Charlotte Museum of History The Charlotte Museum of History is proud to host Red, White & You: Kids’ Patriotic Art, a traveling exhibition organized by Flags Across The Nation. The exhibit opened July 4, 2006, and will remain on display through September 3, 2006.
Flags Across The Nation promotes patriotism through the arts with children and adults. Special projects demonstrate honor and respect for the American flag, along with cultivating the traditional American values of freedom, diversity, community and pride.
“It is truly inspiring to view the creativity and expressiveness conveyed in these works by children from across the country” said Kris Carmichael, the Museum’s Chief Operating Officer.
Since the inception of the “Flags of Freedom” art contest, over 2000 pieces of art from children across the nation have been juried. The art not selected to be exhibited was sent overseas to troops in Iraq, to veterans in veteran homes and to wounded servicemen and women in VA medical centers. For more information about the Flags Across The Nation organization visit www.flagsacrossthenation.org or call 704-654-8529.
The museum invites you to become inspired by this patriotic art and to create some of your own. After viewing the exhibit, children and adults are invited to write a letter or draw a picture for the troops in the museum’s Hands-on History room. The exhibit will be featured in the museum’s evening series, Museum By Moonlight, August 22, from 5-9 p.m. The program will include patriotic activities and refreshments. |
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The Charlotte
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