User:MaryGaulke/sandbox/National Medal of Honor Museum

Hi! As noted above, I'm posting here on behalf of my client, the National Medal of Honor Museum in Texas. Some edit requests for this article:

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 * The National Medal of Honor Museum is a museum that honors United States Armed Forces Medal of Honor recipients founded by the Medal of Honor Museum Foundation. This museum was authorized by the US Congress (SB & HR 1663) in 1999.  That museum is scheduled to be built by the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation in Arlington, Texas, mid-2023. It is being funded by the National Medal of Honor Foundation.
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 * The National Medal of Honor Museum is a museum that honors United States Armed Forces Medal of Honor recipients, founded and funded by the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation. The museum is scheduled to open in 2024 in Arlington, Texas, with groundbreaking scheduled for March 2022.

History
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Planning

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 * The group that has selected the Arlington Texas location abandoned the Mount Pleasant site and failed to raise the necessary funds. The previous Mount Pleasant effort was slated for completion in 2021, at a cost of $105 million, and planned to be 140 feet tall, 20 feet taller than Mount Pleasant's next tallest building. It was designed by Moshe Safdie, and faced much regulatory scrutiny and criticism by the Mount Pleasant Planning Commission.  A more practical museum is being designed for Mount Pleasant to house the national museum that is unconnected to the Arlington museum.  However, both the Medal of Honor Society and The Congressional Medal Honor Museum Foundation (Mount Pleasant, SC) endorse other Medal of Honor museums around the country.
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 * Initially, the museum was planned for a location in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. A design for the museum by Moshe Safdie faced much regulatory scrutiny and criticism by the Mount Pleasant Town Council planning committee. In late 2018, the Foundation decided to seek alternate sites for the museum.

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 * In October of 2019, Arlington, Texas, was selected as the location for the National Medal of Honor Museum. The museum is meant to recognize Medal of Honor recipients and include the National Medal of Honor Museum Leadership Institute, an education center aimed at character development for young people.


 * In January 2020, Rafael Viñoly was selected as chief architect for the museum. The first renderings for the museum were revealed that October.


 * The Foundation has also worked to place a corresponding National Medal of Honor Monument on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. A bill authorizing the Foundation to construct the monument passed unanimously in the House and Senate; in late 2021, President Joe Biden signed it into law.

Fundraising
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 * The Foundation has a fundraising goal of nearly $200 million to build the museum in Arlington. The project is funded by private donations. No federal funds will be used to support the construction of the museum or the monument. In March 2021, American businessman and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones made a $20 million donation to help build the museum.

Construction
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 * The site for the museum is in Arlington's entertainment district, near the Dallas Cowboys' AT&T Stadium and Texas Rangers' Globe Life Field. On February 1, 2022, the Foundation announced it would break ground on the museum on National Medal of Honor Day 2022 – March 25, 2022.

Foundation
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 * The National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization organization charged with designing, funding, building and maintaining the museum. Chris Cassidy, former chief astronaut for NASA and a retired U.S. Navy SEAL, is the museum's president and CEO. Charlotte Jones, executive vice president and chief brand officer for the Dallas Cowboys, is chairman of the board for the museum.


 * Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter are "Honorary Directors" of the Foundation. In November 2021, Presidents Obama, Bush and Clinton appeared in a public service announcement in support of building the museum.