E wehe ʻia ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Mele mua o ka National Medal of Honor ma Arlington, Texas

Ka Medala Hanohano Lahui Hōʻikeʻike o Kamehameha Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Foundation i kēia lā, ma hope o kahi hulina aupuni i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ʻOkakopa 2018, Arlington, Texas ua koho ʻia e ka Papa Hoʻokele o ka Foundation ma ke ʻano he kahua no ka National Medal of Honor Museum. Hoʻolālā ʻia no ke kūkulu ʻana ma kahi kokoke i Arlington's Globe Life Park a me AT&T Stadium, e wehe ʻia ka hale hōʻikeʻike aupuni mua o ia ʻano i ka lehulehu ma 2024.

"ʻO Arlington, Texas ka wahi kūpono loa e kūkulu ai i ka waiwai aupuni o ʻAmelika - ʻo ka National Medal of Honor Museum," wahi a Joe Daniels, Pelekikena a Luna Nui o ka National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation. “Ua piha wale mākou a pau ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike me ka hoihoi, ka mahanahana a me ka pae o ka hoʻokō ʻana o ka poʻe i komo, ka poʻe i hana ma mua o ka manaʻo e hele mai ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike i Texas. He kanahiku ka poʻe i loaʻa i ka Congressional Medal of Honor i noho ma ka ʻāina a kokoke i 1.8 miliona mau koa kahiko a me ka pūʻali koa ikaika i kapa ʻia ʻo Texas home. Hoʻopiha ʻia nā kenekulia o ka mōʻaukala ʻAmelika i nā hiʻohiʻona o ka manaʻo wiwo ʻole a me ke aloha ʻāina i hōʻike ʻia e nā kāne a me nā wahine o kēia mokuʻāina nui. Ke kakali nei mākou i ka launa pū ʻana me Kāpena Abbott, Mekia Williams, nā alakaʻi aupuni a me nā alakaʻi pilikino, a me ke kaiāulu holoʻokoʻa o North Texas ʻoiai mākou e hoʻokō nei i kā mākou misionari koʻikoʻi - e hoʻohanohano i ka poʻe loaʻa Medal of Honor no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana.

ʻO ka Medal of Honor, ka hanohano koa kiʻekiʻe a hanohano o ka lāhui, ua hāʻawi ʻia i ka ʻoi aku ma mua o 3,500 mau lālā ʻoihana koa mai ka wā i hōʻike ʻia ai ka mekala mua ma 1863. Na ka National Medal of Honor Museum e hāʻawi i kahi ʻike e huki ai i nā pilina pilikino a me nā manaʻo. ʻO ka poʻe i loaʻa i ka Medal of Honor a me kā lākou mau moʻolelo hoʻohiwahiwa, ʻoiai e hoʻomālamalama ana i nā moʻolelo o ka heroism a me nā waiwai i hōʻike ʻia e ka Medal of Honor.

"Ma ka inoa o ka poʻe o Texas, mahalo wau i ka National Medal of Honor Museum i ka Lone
Star State, "wahi a ke Kia'āina ʻo Texas ʻo Greg Abbott. "ʻAʻohe wahi maikaʻi e hoʻohanohano a mālama ʻia
ka hoʻoilina o ka poʻe i loaʻa ka Medal of Honor o ko kākou lāhui ma mua o kēia kūlanakauhale aloha ʻāina. Ua ʻike nui ʻia mākou no ko mākou haʻaheo Texas - a haʻaheo loa mākou i koho ʻia ʻo Arlington, ka mea e lawe mai ana i nā malihini mai ko mākou lāhui nui a me ka honua, i home no kahi hale hōʻikeʻike e lilo maoli i hōʻailona aupuni.

Na ka National Medal of Honor Museum e hāʻawi i kahi ʻike malihini kipa ʻole me ka stateof-the-art mau loa, ʻike pili a me nā hōʻikeʻike ʻōwili. Ma ke ʻano he ʻāina ʻāina - a aia ma ka puʻuwai o ʻAmelika - e hōʻike ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike i ke kaula mōʻaukala o ka ʻālana, ke aloha ʻāina a me ka wiwo ʻole e holo nei ma nā US āpau, nā lālā o ka pūʻali koa, i hala a i kēia manawa. E komo pū ana ka National Medal of Honor Museum i ke kikowaena hoʻonaʻauao e pili ana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ke ʻano o ka wā ʻōpio o ko kākou lāhui. ʻO kahi ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ka misionari o ka hale hōʻikeʻike ʻo ia ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā moʻolelo o ka poʻe i loaʻa i ka Medal of Honor e hoʻoikaika i ka poʻe ʻōpio, a e hoʻoikaika iā lākou e lilo i mea maikaʻi loa.

"Hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻo Arlington, Texas i ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana ma ke ʻano he home o ka National Medal of Honor Museum," wahi a Arlington Mayor Jeff Williams. "Aia ma ka puʻuwai o ko mākou lāhui, ke kakali nei mākou i ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i nā moʻolelo o ka poʻe i loaʻa iā 3,500 Medal of Honor e hoʻonaʻauao, hoʻoulu, a hoʻoikaika i kā mākou ʻōpio e hoʻomaopopo i ke ʻano a me ke kumukūʻai o ke kūʻokoʻa. Hauʻoli mākou a haʻahaʻa e hoʻolako i kahi kahua aupuni e hoʻolaha i kēia leka ma ko mākou ʻāina nui. "

I ka hoʻoholo ʻana, ua loiloi mua ka National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation i nā ʻano mea like ʻole, me ka wahi o ke kūlanakauhale, ka nui a me ka nui o nā malihini, a me ke kākoʻo o ke kaiāulu - ma ka laulā a me ke aloha ʻāina - no ka mōʻaukala o ko kākou lāhui. A laila ua komo ka Foundation i nā kūkākūkā kikoʻī me nā lālā alakaʻi o ke kaiāulu a loiloi i kahi manawa no ka lawe ʻana i kahi wahi hale hōʻikeʻike, ke kākoʻo kūpono o nā poʻe pilikino a me nā hui, a me nā mea hiki ke hoʻolālā.

"ʻO ke kūkulu ʻana i hale paʻa no ka National Medal of Honor Museum ma Arlington e hōʻoiaʻiʻo e hiki i ka Foundation ke kaʻana like i nā moʻolelo o ka poʻe ʻoi aku ma mua o 3,500 Medal of Honor i ʻoi aku ma mua o 51 miliona mau malihini kipa i hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻia i ka ʻāina i kēlā me kēia makahiki. ," wahi a Konela Jack Jacobs. "ʻO ka waiho ʻana i ko mākou aʻa i lalo a hoʻokumu i kahi home paʻa no ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ma Texas, kahi mokuʻāina i pili ʻole i ka pūʻali koa a me ka ʻoihana koa, e ʻae iā mākou e hana i kahi ʻike e hoʻoulu ai i ka ikaika maoli o ke ʻano."

Hāʻawi ʻo North Texas i ka hale hōʻikeʻike i kahi kūlana kaulana i nā kamaʻāina a me nā mākaʻikaʻi, kahi e lilo ai ka hale hōʻikeʻike i wahi noʻonoʻo a me kahi kula hoʻonaʻauao. Me ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Arlington ma ke ʻano he hoa, ke manaʻo nei ka National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation e hoʻopau i ke kūkulu ʻana ma 2024.