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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">National Award for historic cemeteries work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">New cemetery art article<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">Grants for WWI monument restoration available<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">Call for Nominations: Forbes and Oakley Awards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">We are seeking nominations for the 2017 Forbes and Oakley Awards. The deadline for nomination applications is November 30, 2016. The Awards Ceremony will be held
June 24th at the Annual Conference in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">For nomination forms and more information, visit the Awards Page on the AGS website:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001gUhGsPMv7n4ggGXFoZo10JAMhG9RUEzjkYVbV2MYOZJgj5ml20m0viOQXBfAQQCb0LTIdJrRkduks-zb0BZtc3sFBYOnrkVM40pe7c_0yIZaT28XdWhuWFLnofyp-DhAg2hTUuaMG8Y8bZSi9Ufy_IN6XxVoYc6xotX9h-YZwcvGKvffsWwgMw==&c=KR2JE_heo7hY7l0r65DzNAAhNXi54TcbGdzwzBihMwEFVzi-ZyU2Lw==&ch=33el61tsBz7wGUKLaiDrfH44C5ykRqFbKJLd7gKHlHVG4SCSnf1MVw==" target="_blank">www.gravestonestudies.org</a>. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">Article:
<em><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">The Art of Commemoration and America's First Rural Cemetery, Mount Auburn</span></em></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">This article, featured in
<em><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Harvard Magazine</span></em>, features Melissa Banta and Meg Winslow's new book, <em><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">The Art of Commemoration and America's First Rural Cemetery, Mount Auburn's
Significant Monument Collection</span></em>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001gUhGsPMv7n4ggGXFoZo10JAMhG9RUEzjkYVbV2MYOZJgj5ml20m0vlE0glyJW9yNPbRaUQXKDJYq99pI-UApPIcNl35emsX6mvhHzP6ArML5D1VCJKcb6y7saXAELs86BGDHs24nEenE7aDQtEJOtj-upP4F8vAP4_PSbHd_PyAOJWA57xQA_E8EaiafVfYHSj64JRBLEfdCbRVq4-kfJdgZKxljPUVvWD8xPlRTHts=&c=KR2JE_heo7hY7l0r65DzNAAhNXi54TcbGdzwzBihMwEFVzi-ZyU2Lw==&ch=33el61tsBz7wGUKLaiDrfH44C5ykRqFbKJLd7gKHlHVG4SCSnf1MVw==" target="_blank"><i>Harvard
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">Grants Available to Support Restoration of WWI Monuments</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Project 100 Cities - 100 Memorials<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">The U.S. Centennial Commission and Chicago's Pritzker Military Museum & Library have launched a new initiative ahead of next year's centennial commemorations
to restore old World War I monuments. The project, 100 Cities/100 Memorials, is encouraging anyone with an interest in renovating war memorials across America to come to the Commission with their ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Any municipal government, individual or organization interested in restoring an existing WWI monument is eligible to apply for funding
- and likewise any company or person willing to sponsor the drive is being urged to come forward. <br>
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Grants of up to $2,000 each, match-funding, are available for any approved scheme; but it's also hoped that funding might rise over time if the hoped-for extra sponsorship and donations do start to flood in. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">The deadline for applications is November 11, Armistice Day, 2016. Full details can be found at </span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001gUhGsPMv7n4ggGXFoZo10JAMhG9RUEzjkYVbV2MYOZJgj5ml20m0vjgGYzjACY1CZNwJ7w5RgIekVXSRCsen1opTY3gAXaZdeFjlPyhxBL6L21pa7Owc-EZzkET3Wg2VqqHuZm5_kFXtn1CbaX3tqbXogBcNnja1OCZYRp6evOW61m2iMgg7404Mil2DNP66deqq_DMir1fkn6mkAJ6HnR2QWQRVCwGnfj0RBO_t4-w=&c=KR2JE_heo7hY7l0r65DzNAAhNXi54TcbGdzwzBihMwEFVzi-ZyU2Lw==&ch=33el61tsBz7wGUKLaiDrfH44C5ykRqFbKJLd7gKHlHVG4SCSnf1MVw==" target="_blank">http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/100-cities-100-memorials-home.html</a></span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001gUhGsPMv7n4ggGXFoZo10JAMhG9RUEzjkYVbV2MYOZJgj5ml20m0vjgGYzjACY1CZNwJ7w5RgIekVXSRCsen1opTY3gAXaZdeFjlPyhxBL6L21pa7Owc-EZzkET3Wg2VqqHuZm5_kFXtn1CbaX3tqbXogBcNnja1OCZYRp6evOW61m2iMgg7404Mil2DNP66deqq_DMir1fkn6mkAJ6HnR2QWQRVCwGnfj0RBO_t4-w=&c=KR2JE_heo7hY7l0r65DzNAAhNXi54TcbGdzwzBihMwEFVzi-ZyU2Lw==&ch=33el61tsBz7wGUKLaiDrfH44C5ykRqFbKJLd7gKHlHVG4SCSnf1MVw==" target="_blank">.</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Centaur","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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