William Kelly Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Director of COPA John Judge writes: Friends, The Museum of Hidden History has begun. We have applied for our nonprofit status so donations are already tax-deductible. We set up a website and a WePay account for online donations. We even got featured on their Donate page. Here is a description and our updated brochure. Hope to see some more of you this year! JJ JFKCountercoup2: DC Museum of Hidden History launched The Museum of Hidden History in Washington, DC is an exciting new venture which will combine a library, archive, museum and research center about other perspectives and unknown facts revealing US history. We define hidden history as what we don't know because of miseducation and assumptions, what we can't know because of our paradigms and lack of counter-narratives, and what we are not allowed to know by the National Security State. We are excited about our plans to create a first stage Hidden History Research Center and Library in the coming year. That will be followed by a series of traveling exhibits that will be on view in museums around the country. With your help, we hope to open the Museum of Hidden History in 2017. We will be telling stories of American history that you’ve never heard – secrets about powerful figures, operations performed under the radar, and actions hidden from the public, from people like you, that changed our country. We will be revealing history from many perspectives, including those of women, ordinary people, people of color and others whose voices have yet to be heard and whose stories remain untold. They are part of our real but hidden history. We will be using new archives, documents and research to re-tell aspects of history that have been lost or distorted, and to inform us about our own history, kept from us for decades but now “declassified” and open to the public. Our history is in danger of being lost. The true history of America’s past, as well as recent history from World War II forward, has yet to be accurately and honestly told. In the near future, countless books, records, documents and archives of hidden history will either be preserved or destroyed. We have begun the process of protecting them and supporting the full release of government files still buried in the name of national security. History matters, and access to real history is critical! Our history informs our present and our future, and information is the most important tool in a real democracy. The Museum of Hidden History will be a center for anyone who wants to learn about the hidden or distorted history of US foreign and domestic policies that led us into our current situation. It will tell the hidden history of – ◊ The inception of the National Security State and the Pentagon ◊ The rise of the Military-Industrial-Intelligence Complex that President Eisenhower warned about ◊ The global rise of corporate power ◊ Government secrecy and emergency plons ◊ American wars, especially since WWII, and the permanent war economy ◊ Covert operations and wars carried out by US intelligence agencies ◊ The rise of government spying and violations of Constitutional rights of citizens ◊ The use of assassination as a tool of political control both in the US and abroad ◊ The murders of President Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and others ◊ The COINTELPRO attacks in the 1960’s and 1970’s against the peace and civil rights movements, and their renewal after 9/11 ◊ The untold history of Native Americans, African Americans and other people of color, women and immigrants in America ◊ Popular resistance and movements for social change whose history is actively hidden or denied ◊ The struggles of ordinary people to make their voices heard through the civil rights, women’s suffrage and labor movements What is the Museum of Hidden History? The Museum of Hidden History is a new museum that will be located in Washington DC for the following purposes: ♦ Preserving historical documents and research that might otherwise be lost ♦ Serving as a repository for newly-released classified files on US history since 1947, when secrecy became the norm The Museum of Hidden History will combine a museum, an archive and a library. It will be a research and learning center into the hidden history of the United States, both here and abroad, with emphasis on the period from WWII to the present. The focus of the Museum will be on revealing information, raising questions and provoking discussion, rather than on propounding a particular point of view or set of conclusions. What is the Mission of the Museum of Hidden History? ♦ To inform and educate the public about little-known aspects of local, national and international history, about actively hidden history, and about alternative perspectives on history ♦ To provide a mechanism for the preservation of history that might otherwise be lost ♦ To encourage the unearthing and exposure of new aspects of history ♦ To support the release of government records that would shed light on recent American history What is Hidden History? ♦ What we do not see because of our assumptions and mis-education ♦ What we cannot see because of our paradigms and lack of counter-narratives ♦ What we are not allowed to see by the National Security State MUSEUM OF HIDDEN HISTORY SPONSORS ♦ Howard Zinn, historian and author (1922-2010) ♦ Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers whistleblower ♦ Rep. Cynthia McKinney, former Congresswoman ♦ Judge Joe Brown, jurist, Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination case ♦ Cyril Wecht, JD, MD, world-renowned forensic scientist ♦ Ronnie Dugger, journalist and author ♦ James Loewen, sociologist and author ♦ John Pilger, author and documentary filmmaker ♦ Michael Parenti, historian and author ♦ Peter Dale Scott, researcher and author ♦ William Blum, historian and author ♦ Louis Wolf, editor Covert Action Quarterly ♦ Dick Russell, researcher and author ♦ Sam Smith, editor, Progressive Review Please let us know if you are interested in this Museum, would want to visit once we open our doors, have something you could contribute – research collections, volunteer hours, ideas for exhibits or financial support. Please sign up for our mailing list on our home page and receive our regular updates and news – and tell your friends about us. We can't do all this without your support. All donations are tax-deductible and can be made here: https://www.wepay.com/donations/museum-of-hidden-history_2 or sent to: Museum of Hidden History, P.O. Box 772, Washington, DC 20044. Visit our website at www.museumofhiddenhistory.org Write us at info@museumofhiddenhistory.org Please send this on to your friends who might be interested in the Museum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie Vegas Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 I am so envious! This is fantastic. Enjoy your beautiful new museum you lucky people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Rago Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 (edited) And then we will need a "Hidden Hidden History" museum to inform us of all the hidden hidden history that the hidden history museum did not inform us about. I fear that such an organization will create the perception of truth and not the truth. "It is not a matter of what is true that counts but a matter of what is perceived to be true." ---Henry Kissinger Edited August 26, 2012 by Mike Rago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Kelly Posted August 27, 2012 Author Share Posted August 27, 2012 It's not just a museum, but will be a theater, internet cafe and research center as well, with an archive, writers in residence, a place for researchers to stay. It's a multi-million dollar project that I hope will become a reality in our lifetime. BK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Speer Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 What is it at this point, Bill? An idea? Or is there an actual building in development? FWIW, I'd love to help design some of the exhibits... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Simkin Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 It's not just a museum, but will be a theater, internet cafe and research center as well, with an archive, writers in residence, a place for researchers to stay. It's a multi-million dollar project that I hope will become a reality in our lifetime. BK There is definitely a need for such a project. However, if you need to raise so much money I doubt very much if it will happen. In the meantime, it will be up to historians running websites to make sure this information enters the public domain. By the way, have you read Lary May's, The Big Tomorrow: Hollywood and the Politics of the American Way (2000) and Francis Stoner Saunders' The Cultural Cold War: The CIA and the World of Arts (2000)? Both books consider the work of our old friend, C.D. Jackson, for the CIA, in controlling the media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Rago Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 (edited) Here is an interesting story.... I heard a story that back in the 50's a certain person worked for the CIA. Their job was to take totally innocent speeches made by Kruschev that were on tape, cut that tape up into individual taped words and create a new tape with Kruschev making a speech of something he never said! Imagine what the intelligence agencies , in cooperation with the media companies, can do today! Edited August 28, 2012 by Mike Rago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Kelly Posted August 28, 2012 Author Share Posted August 28, 2012 It's not just a museum, but will be a theater, internet cafe and research center as well, with an archive, writers in residence, a place for researchers to stay. It's a multi-million dollar project that I hope will become a reality in our lifetime. BK There is definitely a need for such a project. However, if you need to raise so much money I doubt very much if it will happen. In the meantime, it will be up to historians running websites to make sure this information enters the public domain. By the way, have you read Lary May's, The Big Tomorrow: Hollywood and the Politics of the American Way (2000) and Francis Stoner Saunders' The Cultural Cold War: The CIA and the World of Arts (2000)? Both books consider the work of our old friend, C.D. Jackson, for the CIA, in controlling the media. Thanks John, they are new to me. Will check them out. Well, as for museum and research center, they have developed the Holocaust museum, the Cold War Museum, the Spy Museum, the Newsemum, the FBI Museum and many others, most are situated in the same section of DC, near Ford's Theater, where a lot of school tours come through. The idea is the museum - theater - cafe - document store - will generate support for the Archives and research center. The research center was originally set to be focused on Political Assassinations - but it was expanded to include the Hidden History Museum concept to broaden the support base. So far it is just a new non-profit organization that is basically virtual but will be developing web pages and hopefully open commercial space in downtown DC within the target tourist area within two years, and unless that is a large building, a larger remote research center and archive will be established when one becomes available. Since there are no millions of dollars to purchase such a property, we hope that we can convince a Church who has closed a school or parish or a rich widow with a large mansion will donate their property to us. As there are large numbers of such abandoned institutions and factories within the district and on the mass transit line, we hope to be able to identify one that can be converted into a non-profit research center. BK JFKcountercoup JFKCountercoup2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Rago Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 (edited) You know there is a Holocaust Museum in the Daltex building. Edited August 28, 2012 by Mike Rago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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