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Winner: Congratulations to the Johanna the winner of the High Museum of Art tickets and Melissa Witt, the winner of the tickets to Imagine it! The Children’s Museum of Atlanta. Ladies, please send me your address and I’ll get your tickets out to you. Email me at sue@fieldtripswithsue.com
Now for our next present: Four tickets to The Museum of Patriotism. If you haven’t been to this hidden gem downtown, here’s a great opportunity.
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.
How to win the Museum of Patriotism Tickets: We’ll announce the winner Friday morning, so become a subscriber of Field Trips with Sue via email (it’s FREE) and leave a comment below to let me know you want to win. That’s it.
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This is a place we haven’t been. It’s on our to do list.
This sounds like something different and fun. Hope to win!
This sounds great. I have not heard of this before.
Would love to see this!
Thanks
Would love to visit this museum.
I’ve seen it but haven’t gone in. This’d be neat.
Would love to see this with hubby – my all american hero – and kids!
Hope to win my family would love this
My boys would be thrilled.
We would love to win.
wow i have never heard of this!!! my kids love history so if i dont win, we will plan on going anyhoo!! thansk!
i tweeted!
http://twitter.com/whitetrashtrish/status/8335067860
Sounds like a good place to visit. Hope we win!
If you don’t win and want to go, check out http://www.halfoffdepot.com/atlanta and buy tickets for just $5! I’d still like a free ticket even better, though!
Thanks Trisha! You kids would love it. It’s a great museum tucked away. They have free storytime with Betsy Ross on Saturday’s too!
Thanks for sharing this deal Emily. It’s a great musuem.
Sounds like something different to do. I would like to check it out…
We have not been here! We would love to see this museum!
We would love to win –gotta make sure the kids love America as much as we do!!!!