Spring 2021 Newsletter
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Army Heritage Center Foundation Update Spring 2021 Newsletter Letter from the Executive Director, AHCF Spring has arrived, and hopefully you will be able to travel History Program, and reach out to Veterans through special this summer and visit the U.S. Army Heritage and Education commemorative programs. Please visit our website and Center (USAHEC). When you do visit, please drop by the YouTube channel to view some of our efforts. Foundation offices and say hello. We hope too that we will The Foundation board and staff are working to meet our long be able to travel, and if you have groups that we should meet term objectives contained in the Foundation’s strategic plan. with to highlight the value of USAHEC to the Army and the We seek to enhance the facilities on the USAHEC campus Nation, please let us know. – construct public components, grow programs and services, COVID restrictions have had a negative effect on some of our and obtain private resources to provide margin of excellence in-person events. USAHEC cancelled Army Heritage Days support to USAHEC where federal funds are unavailable. that was scheduled for May 22 and 23, and the Foundation Your support is the source of our past success, and we ask that th cancelled our celebration of the Army’s 246 Birthday that we you continue to support us into the future. You allow us to had scheduled for June. We are planning, however, to hold our continue “Telling the Army Story . One Soldier at a Time.” Membership and Recognition Dinner that will honor Desert Shield/Desert Storm Soldiers on November 6th. Mike Perry Executive Director Though COVID restrictions have limited many in-person programs, USAHEC and the Foundation continue to use virtual events to remain connected. Please read the reports of the USAHEC Director and his team as they identify their efforts to support Army leadership, units in the field, the U.S. Army War College, and the public by enhancing their virtual presence. Throughout the fall and winter, you would have been amazed at the number of collections processed for digitization CONSTRUCTION and the virtual presentations that the USAHEC staff executed. UPDATE If you missed their programs, many are available on their website at www.usahec.armywarcollege.edu, under the events, A key component of the exhibits, or watch tabs. Foundation’s strategic plan is the completion of the The Foundation also moved most of our programs online. We final phase of the Visitor completed the Medal of Honor Program in December and and Education Center continue a vibrant online lecture program. The development – The Hall of the American Soldier. We have in the past staff finalized the concept for the Washingtonburg Society for showcased the exterior of the building in our newsletters and those individuals and families who wish to support USAHEC mailings. Last October, the Army approved the layout of the and the Foundation through estate plans and built a volunteer expansion to better meet the evolving needs of the Army and advisory panel to enhance our outreach. The Education our visitors. The final concept retained a gallery as the core of program staff continues to conduct teacher workshops, engage the expansion but provided smaller and more flexible rooms high school students and veterans through the Veterans Oral continued on page 3 1 ARMY HERITAGE CENTER FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MG Robert H. Scales, Jr., Ph.D. Mr. John A. Brooks Ms. Katie McHenry Chair Member Executive Assistant, BGR Group U.S. Army Retired MG Julian Burns Mr. Gerald O’Keefe Mr. Christopher K. Gleason U.S. Army Retired Director, Grant Thornton LLP Vice Chair Chairman, Gleason Technology COL Robert DeSousa Mr. James Ottevaere Army National Guard, Retired Member MG Robert M. Diamond President Mr. George Fischer Ms. Juanita B. Sales Lee U.S. Army Retired Member Former National President, Federal Bar Association Mr. Joseph Capita Mr. Thomas French Retired Chief, General & Administrative Secretary Partner, Barley Snyder Law Division , U.S. Army Space Missile Defense Command Mr. Shawn Brubaker Mr. J. B. Hudson Treasurer Civilian Marksmanship Program Mr. Robert Wilburn Partner, Gift CPAs Governmental Affairs Consultant Principal at Wilburn Group Mr. Gregory Attorri Mr. Derek Leo BG Domenic P. Rocco, Jr. Founder, GJA Advisory Services LLC Chief Operating Officer, Emeritus Drawbridge Partners U.S. Army Retired Ms. Julie Barko Germany Founder, Renegade Strategy LLC Mr. Michael Littenberg Ropes and Gray LLP COUNCIL OF ADVISORS Mr. William Alexander General Peter Chiarelli, USA Ret. Dr. Brian Linn Mr. Paul Baillargeon Judge Michael Dunleavy Professor of History, Texas A&M University Mr. Anthony Bellotti (Major General, USA Ret.) Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster, USA Ret. Dr. Barbara Bowie-Whitman General Frederick Franks, USA Ret. General David Petraeus, USA Ret. Mr. Richard Brenner Mr. Christian Johnson Dr. Carol Reardon Former Dean, Widener University Mr. Joseph Suarez Mr. Frank Buck Commonwealth Law School Major General Jessica Wright, USA Ret. FOUNDATION STAFF Mike Perry, Executive Director Tim Nelson, Chief of Development Amanda Neal, Operations Officer Amanda Ginter, Budget and Accounting Specialist Jevin Orcutt, Development Specialist Jeffrey Hawks, Director, Education Programs and Veterans Outreach Jillian Acevedo, Education Department Administrative Assistant Chuck Payne, Book and Manuscript Processor Heidi Nailor, Store Manager Madison Darhower, Store Associate Nan Simonetti, Store Associate 2 Letter From Executive Director (continued from cover) for educational programs, meetings, and conferences. Visuals The proposed 30,000 square foot addition to the campus of the interior and a layout of the space are highlighted herein. is expected to cost between $13 and $14 million, and Since October, the Foundation has orchestrated efforts of our construction will begin when the Foundation has raised funds design team, the USAHEC staff, and Carlisle Barracks Public to support the project. Works to finalize drawings and specifications. Development Update DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS We are currently sending out mailings to our membership to highlight how they too can join this prestigious group The Foundation’s development programs seek to enhance our of donors. Membership in the Washingtonburg Society is ability to raise funds to support USAHEC, where federal funds available to donors who leave the Foundation a bequest or are unavailable or inadequate, and to grow the capacity of the who create a Charitable Gift Annuity benefiting the Army Foundation as an organization. Key tasks include enhancing Heritage Center Foundation. For more information on the USAHEC campus by completing the Hall of the American bequests and charitable gift annuities, please go to our website Soldier, providing for internships and fellowships, and gaining www.armyheritage.org or call our office. additional support for USAHEC’s digitization program. At the same time, the strategic plan seeks to grow the Foundation’s Let’s hear from two donors who have chosen to become programs that support outreach to teachers and students, founding members of the Washingtonburg Society and enhance USAHEC’s collections, and expand public awareness support the mission of the Foundation for generations- Carol of USAHEC. Reardon and Conrad Richter. A COVID Defining Year. 2020 began with a hope to greatly “My bequest to the Army expand our development program and meet face to face with Heritage Center Foundation our supporters. COVID concerns and travel restrictions fulfills my desire both to salute limited our efforts. To remain engaged with our supporters, the military service rendered we developed three major outreach events and want to thank by generations of my family those who attended and supported those programs. The first, and to thank the U.S. Army discussed in the Education Department update, was our Heritage and Education webinar and lecture program. The second, was the Medal Center for preserving soldiers’ of Honor Series that highlighted seven (7) recipients of the stories for generations of award who discussed how the Medal of Honor affected their historians to come.” Carol lives and the values that the Medal of Honor Society promotes Reardon, Professor Emerita Pennsylvania State University, - courage, commitment, integrity, sacrifice, citizenship, and Historian, and Author. patriotism. Finally, in November, the Foundation hosted “I am supporting the a virtual event Honoring Service and Leadership that Foundation because of highlighted the contributions that both MG Robert Scales my interest in Military and Mr. Chris Gleason have provided to our efforts. We want History that starts with the to thank all who supported these events during the year! American Civil War, and my WASHINGTONBURG SOCIETY unbounded admiration of Ulysses S. Grant. Next is my As mentioned in our last admiration of the conscripted newsletter, our legacy giving American servicemen who society, The Washingtonburg fought and died over the entire Society, has been launched, globe for the cause of human and we are now actively freedom. I want to support the promoting it. The Society Foundation’s efforts to ensure is a way for supporters of their stories are told.” Dr. Conrad Richter, Gettysburg, PA. USAHEC and the Foundation to build the capacity for future More on Charitable Gift Annuities- AHCF is pleased to efforts and programs. be working with the National Gift Annuity Foundation to continued on page 4 3 Development Update Continued from page 3 provide opportunities for our supporters wishing to make a This much needed expansion greatly increases the surface area of lasting gift using a Charitable Gift Annuity (CGA). Soldiers Walk to allow people to continue to honor their service A CGA is a great gift vehicle for many, as both a gift to the or that of loved ones with a commemorative brick or paver. Foundation and an income stream for the donor. Your donation not only provides support to our efforts but also provides a fixed payment (annuity) that never changes for the life of the donor.