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America's collections are for
everyone they are discovered billions of

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times a year in libraries and museums
across the

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country they Enlighten and inspire all
of

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us from the school child to The Scholar
they connect us to ideas from the past

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and dreams of the
future they are pages from our nation's

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diary from Priceless documents and art
objects to historical

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artifacts from scrapbooks compiled over
generations to the digital collections

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of more modern times they tell our
stories they are a legy held in trust

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from the past and a gift to the
future but unlike the values they

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represent these Treasures are not
themselves

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indestructible time flood and fire can
destroy

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them and once lost they can never be
recovered we must act to safeguard the

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collections that reflect our natur
national

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identity to protect our Priceless
cultural heritage our Collective

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memory these Treasures are
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irreplaceable Americans have always
seized the moment to create to invent to

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collect to document our actions so that
future Generations can and learn from

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them today much of what we know about
Science History and art held in trust in

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our libraries and museums historical
societies and archives is at

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risk to protect these Treasures The

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Institute of Museum and life Library
Services has created a major initiative

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connecting to collections a call to
action and communities throughout the

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nation are taking up the challenge to
preserve America's

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collections you too can act to ensure
that the stories only these collections

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can tell are heard for generations to
come please help us in honoring these

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valuable collections we need your ideas
your talents your time and most of all

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your support together we can preserve
America's Heritage and culture for those

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who will follow
us what can you do you can learn more by

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visiting our website at
www.im

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ls.
goov and you can ask your local Museum

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and Library how you can help today
please join us in this call to action on

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behalf of America's collections

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