National Medal of Honor Museum

The National Medal of Honor Museum is a museum that honors United States Armed Forces Medal of Honor recipients. The existing museum is located on the USS Yorktown at Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. This museum was authorized by the US Congress (SB & HR 1663) in 1999. That museum is scheduled to be moved to a landslide location by mid-2023. It is being funded by The Congressional Medal of Honor Museum Foundation, Inc. The Medal of Honor Society is located in the existing museum and has committed that they will remain in Mount Pleasant. The National Medal of Honor Foundation has also moved their national offices to Mount Pleasant.

Not to be confused with Texas Medal of Honor Memorial.

Another museum is scheduled to be built by the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation in Arlington, Texas.[1] The location was announced on October 4, 2019 concluding a 5-year, nationwide competition that included Denver, New York City, San Diego, and Washington, D.C. It is projected to cost $150 million and open in 2024.[2]

History

The group that has selected the Arlington Texas location abandoned the Mount Pleasant site. They failed to raise the necessary funds. The previous Mount Pleasant effort was slated for completion in 2021, at a cost of $105 million, and planned to be 140 feet tall, 20 feet taller than Mount Pleasant's next tallest building. It was designed by Moshe Safdie, and faced much regulatory scrutiny and criticism by the Mount Pleasant Planning Commission. A more practical museum is being designed for Mount Pleasant to house the congressionally authorized national museum. However, both the Medal of Honor Society and The Congressional Medal Honor Museum Foundation (Mount Pleasant, SC) endorse other Medal of Honor museums around the country. [3][4][5][6][7]

See also

References
  1. News Editorial, Dallas Morning (October 4, 2019). "The Dallas Morning News – Arlington lands the national Medal of Honor museum — and it's a win for all of Texas". National Medal of Honor Museum.
  2. "Medal of Honor Museum to be located in Texas". Military Times.
  3. Munday, Dave. "Medal of Honor Museum design fails to impress Mount Pleasant council committee". The Post and Courier. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  4. Witte, Sully. "Medal of Honor Museum plan to come back for approval in May". Moultrie News. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  5. "South Carolina Town Wants Changes in Medal of Honor Museum". U.S. News and World Report.
  6. Hardaway, Connelly. "With final design in limbo, architect of Medal of Honor Museum speaks at Charleston Museum Wednesday". Charleston City Paper. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  7. Grant, Daniel (2018-10-02). "More Museums Are Popping Up, Annoying Their Neighbors". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-08-30.


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