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Congress Introduces Legislation to Place American Women's Suffrage Monument on the National Mall

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Wednesday, December 7, 2022
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Women's Suffrage National Monument Foundation announced a historic bipartisan and bicameral partnership with leaders in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives to bring the congressionally authorized Women's Suffrage National Monument to the National Mall through the "Women's Suffrage National Monument Location Act."

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  • WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Women's Suffrage National Monument Foundation announced a historic bipartisan and bicameral partnership with leaders in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives to bring the congressionally authorized Women's Suffrage National Monument to the National Mall through the "Women's Suffrage National Monument Location Act."
  • It is the land that holds our national memory," said Anna Laymon, Executive Director of the Women's Suffrage National Monument Foundation.
  • The "Women's Suffrage National Monument Location Act," originally sponsored by Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Congressman Joe Neguse (D-CO), and Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), will authorize the Women's Suffrage National Monument to be placed within the National Mall, thereby ensuring that the 36 million annual visitors to our Nation's Capital experience a deeper and more inclusive American history.
  • Like most monuments and memorials in Washington, D.C., the Women's Suffrage National Monument will be funded in its entirety through private donations.

TRUST FOR THE NATIONAL MALL REVEALS EXHIBITION, SIX PARTICIPATING ARTISTS FOR BEYOND GRANITE INITIATIVE ON THE NATIONAL MALL

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Wednesday, December 7, 2022
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Trust for the National Mall, joined by Monument Lab, announces the six contemporary artists invited to create monumental scale artworks for the inaugural exhibition of Beyond Granite, a new commemorative program launching on the National Mall and around Washington, D.C. in 2023.

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  • Beyond Granite is generously supported by the Mellon Foundation and is presented by the Trust for the National Mall in partnership with the National Capital Planning Commission and the National Park Service.
  • The Beyond Granite pilot initiative will create space to commemorate history, experiences, and stories not currently represented in the commemorative landscape in the Nation's Capital.
  • "The National Mall is a commemorative canvas that offers a constant, but evolving, landscape upon which we tell the American story," said Catherine Townsend President & CEO of the Trust for the National Mall.
  • "The Trust is honored to announce the artists who will help bring Beyond Granite and these important stories to life on the National Mall," she added.

NATIONAL CAPITAL MEMORIAL ADVISORY COMMISSION APPROVES NATIONAL SERVICE ANIMALS MEMORIAL IN UNANIMOUS DECISION

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Thursday, March 24, 2022
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SAN FRANCISCO, March 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Monday, March 21, 2022, the National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission (NCMAC) held a virtual public meeting to review the National Service Animal's Memorial Act, bill # HR 6353/S.3447, designating the National Service Animals Monument Corporation (NSAM) to build a national service animals memorial on land within Washington DC or its environs, and requires the approval of the Commission before passage can be considered by Congress.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, March 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Monday, March 21, 2022, the National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission (NCMAC) held a virtual public meeting to review the National Service Animal's Memorial Act, bill # HR 6353/S.3447, designating the National Service Animals Monument Corporation (NSAM) to build a national service animals memorial on land within Washington DC or its environs, and requires the approval of the Commission before passage can be considered by Congress.
  • The 9-person Commission, focused on whether or not the proposed memorial meets the criteria of the 1986 Commemorative Works Act (CWA).
  • Beginning with a short PowerPoint showing all of the species that are considered "service animals" within the context of American history, the first speaker was world-renowned artist Susan Bahary, the visionary for the memorial.
  • The increasing use of animals in therapeutic settings and as assistance animals for Veterans and persons with disabilities was also presented.