Military families with loved ones on active duty will be offered free admission to the Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance again this summer.
For a second year, The Holocaust Museum is an official participant in the Blue Star Museums program organized by the National Endowment for the Arts in collaboration with the Blue Star Families’ Operation Appreciation. The Holocaust Museum joins over 1,300 museums in this nationwide initiative to honor the millions of Americans and their families, serving in our military. A full list of participating Museums may be found here.
Beginning Friday, May 27, 2011, in observance of Memorial Day, and through Sunday, September 4, 2011, in observance of Labor Day, the Museum will offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families.
Blue Star Families was founded in 2008 by a group of military spouses to raise awareness of the challenges military families face. The mission of the organization is to support, connect, and empower military families. Blue Star Families has established online and physical chapter-based communities as well as promoted community involvement, such as the Blue Star Museum program, in order to provide support to military families
“Last year the success of the inaugural year of the Blue Star Museums program showed that partnerships between the nation’s museum and military communities are a natural,” said Blue Star Families Chairman Kathy Roth-Douquet. “We are thrilled that 300,000 military family members visited our partner museums in the summer of 2010. We hope to exceed that number this year as the military community takes advantage of the rich cultural heritage they defend and protect every day.“The program is the idea of Kathy Roth-Douquet, chairwoman of Blue Star Families. Her husband, Marine Corps Col. Greg Douquet, has been deployed to Afghanistan.
