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What: Story time with Mrs. Claus
Where: National Museum of Patriotism
When: Saturdays at 1 and 3 pm
Cost: Story time is free, Museum admission is $15 for adults, $12 for students and under 7 is FREE
During the month of Dec., the National Museum of Patriotism is hosting free story time with Mrs. Claus. She’ll read stories ranging from the 12 Days of Christmas to Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Call 404-524-0755 for the latest story information. Children get a free candy cane too. Story time continues in January with Betsy Ross telling the stories.
If you haven’t been the National Museum of Patriotism, make a date now to go. I recently visited during a familiarization tour of downtown with the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau. This is not a military museum, but a museum of all things American. If you don’t leave full of pride for this wonderful country, then you probably need to think about moving elsewhere.
The museum started with former UPS executive Nick Snider’s collection of sweetheart jewelry. Sweetheart jewelry is anything soldiers sent back to wives, girlfriends, sisters or moms to let them know they loved them. Not wanting his collection to collect dust in a Smithsonian warehouse, Snider decided to open his own musuem. Exhibits include Pop Icons, first responders, branches of the miliatry, and immigration to name a few. The Sept. 11 Memorial is beautiful and moving. Just writing about it conjures an emotional response. Each person who lost their life that day is named on a wall, but it’s the memorial, a cascade of water representing a country’s tears, that really moved me.
It’s not all heavy topics, children can pretend to win the Olympic gold and even get on an official stand to receive a medal. Visitors can touch a hand rail from Ellis Island and pretend to drive an official Army Jeep. Learn the symbolism on the dollar bill or see a real Medal of Honor.
The exhibits are more appropriate for school aged children than toddlers, but it’s never too early to start teaching kids how lucky they are to live in America.
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