The team putting together the National Coast Guard Museum in New London is asking for help and they have a new “Plank Owner” program that they hope will provide some extra incentive. If you need more information, they have it available in a couple of forms, a 20 page annual report for 2015 that includes a financial statement or you can take a look at their newsletter.
Perhaps most convincing, they point out that the Coast Guard is the only military service without a National Museum. The Army has 56, the Air Force 13, the Navy 11, and the Marine Corp 5. They also have a web site: www.CoastGuardMuseum.org.
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Thanks, hopefully fixed now. Had to change it a bit.
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I’ve been following this project for a few years now. It’s a long over due and greatly needed concept. I’m concern over the size and scope though. My gut reaction is that their won’t be enough support and/or visitation to support the museum in the long run. It is a very ambitious project to say the least. Are people not connect to the service going ti travel to CT to see it or support it financially?
I have had my doubts about the location, but they make a pretty good case for the current location in terms of proximity of major cities, other maritime themed attractions, and transportation.
I think having the Eagle there will bring in a lot of traffic.
Of course in peak summer months the Eagle will be gone, but they may me able to get other tall ships to call there as well.
New London makes as much sense to me as any place. Where else do you put it? DC, Grand Haven, Baltimore, Cape May…? I’m an outsider, is there a “spiritual center” of the Coast Guard?
My primary thought is th financies. Do they have the revenue potential to support the plans they have?
An update on the status.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/08/01/public-asked-weigh-latest-coast-guard-museum-designs.html
The idea that the museum is in a “100-year flood zone” bothers me a bit in that those 100 year floods seem to be coming about every other year.
Lockheed made a major contribution but will get wing named after it. Some additional information on structure planned and how financing is going. Not quite half way there. https://www.stripes.com/news/us/lockheed-pledges-1-million-to-coast-guard-museum-project-1.567634
An update on the progress of the project. Looks like building to begin next year.
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/08/11/this-is-where-the-coast-guard-museum-will-be-built/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.12.19&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief
The original New London Day report. All the comments are interesting in that there seems to be a lot of opposition. https://www.theday.com/military-news/20190808/construction-of-coast-guard-museum-to-start-in-early-2020
Report on progress funding the museum. Construction start has been delayed until late this year. https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2020/01/19/planned-coast-guard-museum-has-raised-56m/