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announced it is donating $100,000 to the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation to
support the National Museum of the Marine Corps under construction in
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About the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation
The Marine Corps Heritage Foundation (MCHF), a non-profit organization,
was established in 1979 to preserve and promote Marine Corps history and
tradition by directly supporting historical programs.

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Committed to preserving and enhancing Georgia's communities and their
diverse historic resources for the education and enjoyment of all, The Georgia
Trust generates community revitalization by finding buyers for endangered
properties acquired by its Revolving Fund; provides design assistance to 107
Georgia Main Street cities and encourages neighborhood revitalization; trains
teachers in 57 Georgia school systems to engage students to discover state and
national history through their local historic resources; and advocates for
funding, tax incentives and other laws aiding preservation efforts.

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The president of the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, Lieutenant General
Ron Christmas, USMC (Ret), said, "AT+T's support to our campaign is yet
another demonstration of their long-standing support to our men and women in
uniform. For instance, since
December 2001, AT+T had donated more than 400,000 prepaid calling cards to
military personnel serving overseas.

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Patrick Brennan, senior director of properties for The Georgia Trust,
said passage of Senate Bill 125 is the essential "first step" needed to
streamline and a create a unified marketing message supporting Georgia
tourism.
"The demands of today's national and international markets require that
travel-related organizations form partnerships within the community, region
and state in order to compete effectively for the tourism dollar," Brennan
said.
"We're delighted to contribute to this very worthy cause: preserving
Marine Corps history," said Chris Rooney, president of sales for AT+T. The retail value of the cards is about
$6 million. and overseas.

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In addition, AT+T last month donated 10,000 prepaid cards to
servicemen and women recovering from war injuries in military hospitals in the
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The Georgia Trust is a recipient of the Trustees Award for Organizational
Excellence from the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

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The funds will be used to support the museum's educational
outreach programs, which will focus on the Marine Corps' values of honor,
courage and commitment.

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"Our charter commits us to work with collaborations that seek to enhance
the cultural legacy of historic places and sites, and recognize the value of
increased tourism and the associated dividends that those sites can help
generate," Brennan said.J. We are most proud to be partnered with AT+T as we point to the grand
opening of the National Museum of the Marine Corps in the fall of 2006.

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ATLANTA, The Georgia Trust for Historic
Preservation today announced its support for Governor Sonny Perdue's proposed
legislation to create a new public-private foundation that would consolidate
and maximize the state's tourism marketing efforts.

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"We are especially pleased with the language in the bill that identifies
both branding and placing emphasis on the state's great heritage and culture
as important and substantial components of the overall marketing program,"
Brennan said.
Currently The Georgia Trust has identified more than 100 museums and
historic sites that have expressed an interest in developing marketing plans
that would assist them in promoting both their individual venues and local
communities .

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With more than 8,000 members, The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
is the nation's largest statewide, nonprofit preservation organization. Marines.

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Brennan, a past president of the 12-state Southeastern Museums Conference
and who served as marketing chair of a similar statewide tourism program, the
Virginia History Initiative, in the mid 1990s, said The Georgia Trust looks
forward to working with the new Georgia Tourism Foundation when it is created.org .

About AT+T and the AT+T Foundation
For more than 125 years, AT+T (NYSE "T") has been known for unparalleled
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Backed by the research and
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"It is essential that Georgia seek ways to leverage its resources to the
maximum extent possible as well as work to build programs that will meet the
traveling public 's needs for enriching, integrated travel-related
experiences," he said. "This
museum will be a tremendous resource for the American people because it will
tell the story of the culture and history of the U.

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