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<b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
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<span style="font-size:
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background:white">The National Park Service announced more than $3.1 million in Japanese American Confinement Sites grants to fund preservation, restoration
and education projects throughout the country. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:
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background:white">The 22 projects funded will help tell the stories of the more than 120,000 Japanese Americans, two-thirds of whom were U.S. citizens,
imprisoned by the U.S. government during World War II following the attack on Pearl Harbor by the nation of Japan in 1941.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:
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background:white">The Historical Museum at Fort Missoula is very pleased to announce that we are one of the 22 awardees to receive a grant from the Japanese
American Confinement Sites Grant Program.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:
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background:white">With these funds we will conduct an assessment of two original barracks moved back to the Museum grounds, which is the site of a former
World War II Department of Justice internment camp. The assessment will guide the restoration of the buildings and plan for their historic interpretation.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:
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background:white">“These grants help to preserve an important piece of our nation’s history, educating generations of visitors about the injustice of
the World War II confinement of Japanese Americans,” said U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:
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background:white">“The Historical Museum at Fort Missoula does an incredible job of telling the story of our nation and Montana’s history,” said Montana
Senator Steve Daines. “I’m glad to have supported this project and look forward to seeing it complete.”</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:
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background:white">The Historical Museum at Fort Missoula is very honored and thankful to receive this grant and appreciates the support we received from
both Senators Daines and Tester.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:
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background:white">For more details about these projects, visit
</span><span style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><a href="https://www.nps.gov/subjects/internment/index.htm"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;background:
white">https://www.nps.gov/subjects/internment/index.htm</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
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<span style="font-size:
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background:white">And to learn more about the WWII Fort Missoula Internment Center visit our website,
</span><span style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><a href="http://www.fortmissoulamuseum.org"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;background:white">www.fortmissoulamuseum.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
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<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>or contact Matt Lautzenheiser at </span><span style="color:black;mso-color-alt:
windowtext"><a href="mailto:mlautzenheiser@missoulacounty.us"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;background:
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or 406-258-3471. </span></p>
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