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Monuments Men Foundation Changes Name to Celebrate 27 WWII Women Art Rescuers

by | Jun 6, 2022
Today—on the 63rd anniversary of D-Day—the Dallas-based nonprofit changed its name to the Monuments Men and Women Foundation, acknowledging the 27 women members of the allied WWII art rescue team.

"This name change has been a long-standing wish of mine," said bestselling Dallas author Robert M. Edsel, the foundation's founder and chairman. "The upcoming opening of the Monuments Men and Women Gallery [at the National World War II Museum] presented just the right opportunity."
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