Project Grant P23AP02062

COMPETITIVE AWARD AGREEMENT REQUIREMENTSFUNDING OPPORTUNITY NUMBER: P23AS00031 FUNDING OPPORTUNITY GOALS TEXT:THE JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT SITES (JACS) GRANT PROGRAM (PUBLIC LAW 109-441, 120 STAT. 3288) PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ORGANIZATIONS AND ENTITIES WORKING TO PRESERVE HISTORIC JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT SITES AND THEIR HISTORY, INCLUDING: PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND OTHER PUBLIC ENTITIES, FOR THE PRESERVATION AND INTERPRETATION OF U.S. CONFINEMENT SITES WHERE JAPANESE AMERICANS WERE DETAINED DURING WORLD WAR II. REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL AGREEMENTS:PURPOSE OF AWARD: OVERARCHING GOAL. TO PRESERVE AND INTERPRET THE HISTORY AND IMPACTS OF JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION DURING WORLD WAR II. OBJECTIVES. TO COMPLETE PLANNING FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VISITOR CENTER TO SHARE THE HISTORY OF JAPANESE AMERICANS DURING WORLD WAR II. SUMMARY OF PROJECT SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES:THE TIDES CENTER NATIONAL VETERANS NETWORK (NVN), IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE U.S. ARMY AND THE ARMY HISTORICAL FOUNDATION, WILL ENHANCE AN EXISTING EXHIBIT TO CREATE A TRAVELING EXHIBITION CALLED NISEI SOLDIER EXPERIENCE: TWO FRONT WAR. THE EXHIBIT WILL RAISE AWARENESS OF THE PATRIOTISM AND LOYALTY OF JAPANESE AMERICANS WHO ENLISTED FOR WWII MILITARY SERVICE WHILE INCARCERATED IN CONFINEMENT SITES, FACING A TWO FRONT WAR FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY BOTH ABROAD AND AT HOME. THE NVN WILL RESEARCH COLLECT NEW OBJECTS, IMAGES, AND STORIES DESIGN FABRICATE AND LAUNCH THE EXHIBIT THAT WILL BE HOSTED AT TEN VENUES ACROSS THE U.S. WITH AN ONLINE VERSION ACCESSIBLE VIA THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE U.S. ARMY.PERFORMANCE GOALS INCLUDING MILESTONES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES:COMPLETE COLLECTION OF ARTIFACTS DEVELOP ONLINE EXHIBIT DESIGN AND FABRICATE TRAVELING EXHIBIT TO BE SHOWN AT 10 VENUES, REACHING APPROXIMATELY 500,000 VISITORS.2.BENEFICIARIES:THE PUBLIC EDUCATORS NPS JACS SITES ORGANIZATIONS PRESERVING JACS SITES AND HISTORY