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<strong><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Application submissions are currently OPEN for Preserving Missoula County’s History Grants<o:p></o:p></span></strong></h3>
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<strong><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#555555;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Application deadline JUNE 15, 2021 (earlier submission is recommended).</span></strong><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#555555"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#555555">The Historical Museum at Fort Missoula is pleased to announce that it we will continue to the annual Preserving Missoula County History Grant program in 2021. This program is open
 to all Missoula County non-profit organizations involved in historic preservation and interpretation projects in Missoula County. Missoula voters made funding these grants possible when they approved the 2-mill levy for the Historical Museum in 2002.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#555555">A total amount of $10,000 is available for one-time projects with a demonstrable long-term impact for local history; individual projects are limited to a maximum grant of $5,000.
 Capital Improvement funds are available for projects such as: structural improvement, structure and site restoration, physical access (ADA), interpretive facilities and collections, and adaptation to meet health and safety requirements. Interpretation funds
 are available for contributions to local history in the areas of site investigation and interpretation, long-term exhibits, and publications. The primary emphasis must be on the demonstrable long-term impact of the project on the preservation, interpretation,
 dissemination and/or enhancement of local history. The grants may not be used for routine maintenance, programs, publicity, general operations, personnel, or personal research, and they must be related to the mission of the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula
 – the preservation and interpretation of: Missoula County history, the military history of Fort Missoula, and the history of the timber industry in western Montana, and the detention of 2200 Italian and Japanese foreign nationals at Fort Missoula during WWII.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#555555">For details and applications contact Matt Lautzenheiser, Executive Director, Historical Museum at Fort Missoula, 3400 Captain Rawn Way, Missoula, MT, 59804; at 406.258.3471; or
 by <a href="mailto:fortmissoula@missoulacounty.us"><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#227CA6;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">email</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#555555;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Application deadline JUNE 15, 2021 (earlier submission is recommended).</span></strong><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#555555"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444;font-weight:normal">CONTACT:  Matt Lautzenheiser, 406.258.3471<o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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<strong><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#555555;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Fax:  406.543.6277</span></strong><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#555555"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#555555"><a href="mailto:ftmslamuseum@montana.com"><strong><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#227CA6;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none">Email</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Jessie Rogers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Development & Communications Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The Historical Museum at Fort Missoula<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:#163516"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#FFC000">"Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world."
</span><i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#FFC000">–Desmond Tutu</span></i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#FFC000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">*** The Historical Museum at Fort Missoula acknowledges that we are in the homelands of the Salish and Kalispel people. We offer our respect for their history and culture, and for their wisdom
 in caring for this place for the generations to come.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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