TheNational Museum of Patriotism was a museum inAtlanta, Georgia, United States. At its peak, the museum occupied a 10,000-square-foot site on Spring Street inMidtown Atlanta.[1][2][3][4]
Founded by Nicholas D. Snider, a former vice president of theUnited Parcel Service, the museum opened to the public at 1405 Spring Street on July 4, 2004, and transferred to 275 Baker Street in theCentennial Olympic Park.[5][6][7] Jim Balster was the museum's first executive director, followed by Jim Stapleton and Pat Stansbury.[8]
In April 2009, thePatriotism in Entertainment and Music exhibit was opened in a ceremony attended byKenny Gamble, Miss USO (Heidi-Marie Ferren), andPatti LaBelle.[9] Simultaneously, the museum inaugurated its Patriot Award, whose recipients included LaBelle and Gamble,Lee Greenwood,Cowboy Crush, TheBob Hope Foundation, andAccess Hollywood.[9]
In July 2010, the physical museum closed, and was rebranded as the "National Foundation Of Patriotism", with an online virtual museum.[6][10] The museum then auctioned off some of its exhibits and artifacts.[11][12]
