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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#2E477C" vlink="#2E477C"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> NCH Newsletter [mailto:newsletter@historycoalition.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 21, 2014 1:45 PM<br><b>To:</b> Carleton, Janet<br><b>Subject:</b> National Coaltion for History Washington Update May 21, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="http://historycoalition.org" title="» National Coalition for History Home Page"><span style='color:#A42F42;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=655 height=163 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://historycoalition.org/images/banner-news.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><div id=content><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid #A42F42 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;background:white'><h1 style='background:white'>Washington Update for May 21, 2014<o:p></o:p></h1></div><div><div><h3 style='background:white'><a href="http://historycoalition.org/2014/05/21/urge-your-house-member-to-join-the-congressional-history-caucus/" title="Permanent Link to Urge Your House Member to Join the Congressional History Caucus!">Urge Your House Member to Join the Congressional History Caucus!</a><o:p></o:p></h3><h4 style='background:white'>Wednesday, May 21st, 2014<o:p></o:p></h4><p style='background:white'>The National Coalition for History (NCH) has worked with the offices of Congressmen John Larson (D-CT) and Tom Cole (R-OK) on the creation of a <a href="http://historycoalition.org/issues/live-pages/congressional-history-caucus/dear-colleague-history-caucus-final/"><strong><span style='color:#A42F42'>Congressional History Caucus</span></strong></a>. NCH and its individual organizations are asking you to encourage your member of the House to join the caucus and actively participate in its activities. <a href="http://historycoalition.org/2014/05/21/urge-your-house-member-to-join-the-congressional-history-caucus/#more-6075"><span style='color:#A42F42'>Read more…</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><div><h3 style='background:white'><a href="http://historycoalition.org/2014/05/20/nch-proposes-changes-to-national-womens-history-museum-commission-bill/" title="Permanent Link to NCH Proposes Changes to National Women’s History Museum Commission Bill">NCH Proposes Changes to National Women’s History Museum Commission Bill</a><o:p></o:p></h3><h4 style='background:white'>Tuesday, May 20th, 2014<o:p></o:p></h4><p style='background:white'><a href="http://historycoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/NCH-S-398-letter-Senator-Collins.pdf"><span style='color:#A42F42'>On May 16, the National Coalition for History (NCH) sent a letter to Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) concerning a bill </span></a><strong><a href="http://beta.congress.gov/113/bills/s398/BILLS-113s398is.pdf"><span style='color:#A42F42'>(S. 398)</span></a></strong> she introduced to establish a commission to study the creation of a National Women’s History Museum. NCH strongly supports the bill’s intent of forming the commission, as well as the ultimate goal of building the museum. Nevertheless, NCH expressed concerns that the legislation in its current form leaves out expert historians and the public from the deliberations of the commission, and endorses a problematic fundraising plan. <a href="http://historycoalition.org/2014/05/20/nch-proposes-changes-to-national-womens-history-museum-commission-bill/#more-6050"><span style='color:#A42F42'>Read more…</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div id=footer><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#D1D1E3'>If you do not want to receive this newsletter, please use the following form to <a href="http://historycoalition.org/newsadmin/user/login.php">unsubscribe.</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>