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Lecture
on U-2 Incident presented by Francis Gary
Powers, Jr. to be broadcast on C-SPAN Saturday
February 12, 2000
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(Fairfax, VA - February 8,
2000) On February 12, 2000 at 10:15 p.m. EST
C-SPAN will broadcast a lecture by the founder
of the Cold War Museum, Francis Gary Powers,
Jr. on their show called American Perspectives.
In order to commemorate the 40th anniversary
of the U-2 shoot down, Gary will lecture on
his father's role in the U-2 Incident of May
1, 1960, the creation of the Cold War Museum,
and the Spy Tour of Washington, DC.
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 Gary's
father, 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 Aviation Center
in Norway; the National Reconnaissance Office;
the Central Intelligence Agency; the National
War College; the Defense Intelligence Agency;
George Mason University; Clinch Valley College;
the National Security Agency's Cryptologic
Museum; the Strategic Air Command Museum;
the Octave Channute Aerospace Museum; the
United States Air Force Museum; the George
C. Marshall Museum; the Pima Air and Space
Museum; the National Atomic Museum; and the
Texas Air Museum. 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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