Guest Post by Vice Admiral Vivien S. Crea
Last week the Coast Guard Foundation and the National Coast Guard Museum Association announced their intention to take a strategic "time out" in fund-raising efforts for the Coast Guard Museum. This in no way should be interpreted as casting any doubt on the commitment and passion for a Coast Guard Museum shared by the Coast Guard, the Foundation or the Museum Association. Our history is one of unique, heroic, and vital service that has been integral to our nation over the past 219 years. Preserving and telling that story is our debt to America, the amazing men and women of the Coast Guard and our legacy services, and the generations to come. The Coast Guard is the only one of the five Armed Services without a museum, and we must rectify that gaping hole in capturing and displaying our collective heritage. This announcement should be taken purely at face value - this is a very difficult time for fund-raising, especially for new initiatives, and the Coast Guard Foundation and National Coast Guard Museum Association have merely elected to take a strategic time out to reassess the fund-raising strategy.
The Vice
