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LEWISTON A mural honoring the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment will be created in Lewiston-Auburn, making the Twin Cities one of only six sites in the nation to be selected by the federal program.
The location of the mural will be selected from several proposed sites in both cities based on artist proposals.
In October 2020, the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts announced a partnership to honor the women’s suffrage movement and the 19th Amendment, which secured women’s right to vote when it was certified on Aug. 26, 1920.
The program provides $25,000 to each of the nation’s six regional arts organizations that together represent all 50 states and U.S. territories. Some murals have already been completed.
Collins, Feinstein bill to establish Smithsonian women’s history museum to be signed into law
The bill will establish a national museum to collect, study, and create programs on a wide spectrum of American women’s experiences, contributions, and history.
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View on the Reflection Pool, Washington Mall, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Smithsonian Castle seen from Capitol Hill Author: Gabrielle Mannino (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 1:03 PM EST December 22, 2020 Updated: 1:05 PM EST December 22, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C., USA In addition to pandemic-related relief like unemployment insurance, a revival of the Paycheck Protection Program, vaccine and testing funds, and yes.stimulus checks lawmakers tacked on a $1.4 trillion catchall spending bill and thousands of pages of other end-of-session business in a massive bundle of bipartisan legislation as Capitol Hill prepared to close the books o
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U.S. Senators Susan Collins, R-ME, and Dianne Feinstein, D-CA, announced that
The Smithsonian Women’s History Museum Act passed the Senate as part of the year-end omnibus funding package. This bipartisan legislation will establish a Smithsonian museum in Washington, D.C., honoring American women. The legislation now heads to the President’s desk to be signed into law.
“As our Women’s Suffrage Centennial year draws to a close, I am delighted that Congress was able to work together in a bipartisan way to pass this legislation,” said Senator Collins. “I look forward to the creation of a museum in our nation’s capital that celebrates the invaluable contributions women have made to our nation.”