> This is sure to be of interest to many of you. Kathleen Burnett List Mom > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~kscomanc/ww2_dole_institute.html > > Dole Institute seeks photos of Kansas World War II veterans for Memory Wall > Press release, April 25, 2003: > > Contact: Richard Norton Smith, Dole Institute of Politics, (785) 749-3911. > LAWRENCE -- The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics is seeking photos of > Kansas World War II veterans to include in a permanent 35-foot "Memory > Wall" to > be installed in its new building at the University of Kansas. > The wall will stand beside a soaring stained glass American flag and two > 10-foot beams from the World Trade Center that will anchor the south end of > the > institute, slated to be dedicated this summer. > "From the beginning, Senator Dole has expressed a wish that the institute > which > bears his name and houses his papers commemorate many other lives of service, > including but by no means limited to, his World War II contemporaries," said > Dole Institute Director Richard Norton Smith. "The wall will be a vast montage > of faces -- ideally of men and women in uniform -- who served our country in > foreign lands." > Pictures can be black and white or color, and of any size. Please keep the > frame. Send pictures, or those of family members and friends, along with > identifying information about the veteran pictured, to 704 W. 12th St., > Lawrence, KS 66044. Scanned photos may be sent via e-mail, preferably in JPG > format and as attachments, to lpritchard@ku.edu > "Each veteran will become part of a permanent fraternity, seen by thousands of > visitors, scholars and schoolchildren," Smith said. > The institute urges that photos be sent by May 15 so an initial wall can be > completed for the institute's July 20 through 22 dedication events. > Former presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, former New York City Mayor > Rudolph Giuliani, George McGovern, Jack Kemp and other dignitaries will > headline a three-day dedication celebration in Lawrence. The events will > include a re-created USO-style show and a special tribute to America's > Medal of > Honor recipients. For more information call: 785-749-3958 or visit > www.doleinstitute.org. > The Dole Institute, established at KU in 1997 to honor the former Senate > majority leader and 1996 Republican presidential nominee, is designed to > encourage student participation and citizen involvement in public service. The > institute will house Dole's papers, the world's largest collection associated > with a congressional leader.