Medal of Honor Museum efforts renewed in Mount Pleasant
Less than a year after a nonprofit decided that Mount Pleasant wasn’t the best place for its Medal of Honor museum, a new nonprofit has emerged that intends to fulfill promises that some in the Lowcountry feel have been broken.
The National Medal of Honor Heritage Foundation, formed earlier this year, is soliciting donations from public, private and corporate donors to build a heritage center honoring Medal of Honor recipients by July 4, 2023.
“When you have a 10-year plan, it gets lost in the shuffle,” foundation Chairman Tommy McQueeney said. “You lose the enthusiasm. You really don’t reward your donors fast enough. There’s just too many sides to that that I think people are likely to say, ‘Well, let’s talk about that next year or next month.’ We don’t want to do that. We want to encourage a sense of urgency to build this museum to honor these heroes.”
