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TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MARYLAND (Final Report) 1999/12/31 MdHR 991422 MdHR 991422, Image No: 131 Print image (39K) |
| 122 available in the welcome centers. I am chairman of a small museum in St. Mary's County and we know how expensive brochures are. T hope what you would do is talk to the people in the budget office of the Governor cause they really need to look at the entire thing if they want to promote awareness. The capitol of the United States is the most visited site in America. It's a shame we don't get some of that business. I mean we get some of it3 but Virginia and Pennsylvania get more of it because Maryland has not done a good job a promoting itself.] Mr. Fields: I think the budget process plays a big part and I think Maryland does have a small annual budget in terms of marketing, but regardless of what amount it is, there should be economic parity for everyone, so that everybody can have some piece of the pie. Then we can strengthen our African American museums and our black entrepreneurs in tourism will strengthen then also. Then, we shall be able to afford the five hundred dollar membership to join the African American Tourism Council which would help them generate more funds to do their work. They want more African American membership so they too can begin to tell about African American history. As you can see, this is all very difficult. |