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Cold War Museum to offer
e-commerce on the Internet at: www.coldwar.org
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(Fairfax, VA - January 25,
2000) On January 31 www.ebstor.com will launch
an e-commerce site for the Cold War Museum.
EBStor.com provides a number of Internet services
including web page, e-commerce, and database
design, maintenance, and hosting. Their e-commerce
services include site design, shopping cart
set-up, database and catalogue development,
domain registration, search engine listing,
as well as merchant account and fulfillment
house consulting. Items for sale at the museum's
virtual gift store include T-shirts, patches,
label pins, books, and pieces of the Berlin
Wall.
Founded in 1996 by Francis Gary Powers, Jr.,
the Cold War Museum is a 501(c)(3) charitable
organization dedicated to education, preservation,
and research on the global, ideological, and
political confrontations between East and
West from the end of World War II to the dissolution
of the Soviet Union. The Cold War Museum is
currently soliciting financial and artifact
donations of Cold War related artifacts and
memorabilia for display and public education.
Tax-deductible contributions to the museum
will ensure that future generations will remember
Cold War events and personalities that forever
altered our understanding of national security,
international relations, and personal sacrifice
for one's country.
The three main goals of the Museum are to:
1) Develop a permanent Museum facility in
the Washington, DC metro area to display artifacts
and memorabilia associated with the Cold War.
2) Erect a Cold War Memorial near Arlington
National Cemetery to honor the men and women
who served during the Cold War;
3) Maintain the historical accuracy of the
Cold War through research, study the impact
of the Cold War on society, and publish the
findings;
A mobile exhibit about the U-2 Incident and
U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is currently
traveling around the world promoting interest
in the creation of the permanent Cold War
Museum. The mobile U-2 exhibit has been displayed
at the Bodo, Norway Aviation Center, the National
Reconnaissance Office, the Central Intelligence
Agency, the National War College, the Defense
Intelligence Agency, as well as the USAF,
Strategic Air Command, and National Atomic
Museums. It is currently on display at the
Allied Museum in Berlin, Germany until July
1, 2000.
In addition to the mobile exhibit, the Cold
War Museum will host a Spy Tour of Washington,
DC on February 12 and March 25, 2000. Since
its earliest days, Washington, D.C. has been
the scene of international intrigue, espionage,
and intelligence activity, as the U.S. Government
has tried to learn the plans of other countries
while keeping its own plans secret. Key players
in this non-ending drama include personalities
as diverse as Rose Greenhow, Herbert Yardley,
Major General "Wild Bill" Donovan, and Aldrich
Ames. The half-day bus tour visits many of
the locations in and around Washington, DC
that have been associated with intelligence
and counter intelligence activities for the
past two hundred years.
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