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For instance, we have a plan for remodeling but we cannot undertake any
of the work until we have completed the required asbestos abatement, the
cost of which is estimated at $50,000. This historic building is an excellent
site for our museum, but it has not been upgraded since World War II.

Second, we need to build up an endowment fund that will allow us to hire
qualified consultants and a professional museum designer as soon as we
get the certificate of occupancy for our building.

Not everything we do is for the long term. The State Adjutant General, MG
Francis D. Vavala, has asked us to assist with reconstituting a military
ceremonial unit to be uniformed as the Delaware Regiment of the
Continental Line, a unit active during the Revolutionary War. This
regiment, which would start with 20 members, would be available with its
color guard for appropriate public and private events in Delaware — and
outside the State to promote Delaware. The cost for equipping this unit is
expected to be $20,000.

We need your help to take advantage of these opportunities. If we don't
act on them, they will either go away or price themselves out of our reach.
Future generations of Delawareans look to you for the means to
understand courage, loyalty, and responsibility.

Join Us!

If you'd like to be a part of preserving our military heritage we need
contributions and volunteers, to catalog our collections, to help protect
and to preserve our holdings and to perform administrative functions.
Please confirm your membership in the foundation today. Call or write to
us today and send your check to provide another year of our vital work.

Thank you for sustaining this vital work!

Delaware Military Heritage and Education Foundation
First Regiment Road, Wilmington Delaware 19808-2191
MilHeritage@aol.com,

Executive Director Brig Gen Kennard Wiggins tel. 410-398-0742

In Support of Delaware Military History:
If this is your first visit with us then you probably have an interest in preserving
our military heritage. The Delaware Military Heritage and Education Foundation
shares your enthusiasm for military history. While we collect, preserve and
catalog historical artifacts, documents and material we also know that this is
merely the physical evidence of the dedication of those who served. It helps
us to tell an important story about sacrifice, courage, responsibility and loyalty.

We know you appreciate the importance of preserving this history.

Here are just a few of the milestones made possible this past year by the
support of people like you.

We have completed the restoration of the 5th Artillery Regiment mural.
This mural had hung in the basketball court of the Georgetown Armory,
where it suffered damage due to the environment. It has been installed
at the auditorium of the Bethany Beach Training Site.

We have completed the assessment of Burton Hall, Fort duPont,
Delaware, as the site for our Delaware Military Museum. This classic
1906 structure is the ideal venue for the display of the collections we
have been assembling, and we are excited about bringing it into
conformity with current building codes. We foresee an excellent museum
in this site.

We have secured a secure, environmentally controlled area for keeping
the military artifacts we’ve begun to acquire. This is particularly
important, since many of these artifacts — as you can well imagine —
are in need of cataloging, repair or restoration.

We have initiated a membership program that enables citizens to
participate in the establishment of a Delaware Military Museum, and to
initiate educational programs for the public

As we prepare to enter a brand-new year dedicated to preserving our military
heritage, your help is needed more than ever. We face a number of challenges
(and opportunities!) this coming year, and I know we can count on your help.

Our Vision: The Delaware Military
Heritage and Education Foundation
Inc. collects and preserves material
evidence associated with Delaware
related military units and individuals
of the uniformed services of the
State and the United States, and
interprets it so that coming
generations will understand the
values of courage, loyalty and
responsibility that inspire such
service.

Contact Us: At
MilHeritage@aol.com, or write us at
Delaware Military Heritage and
Education Foundation
First Regiment Road, Wilmington
Delaware 19808-2191