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SAVING HISTORIC PLACES After the Storm: New Orleans Five Years Later THIS PLACE MATTERS Help a Place That Matters Win $25,000 TRAVEL National Trust Membership: Saving Places And Cash HISTORIC SITES Take Action: Make Sure Heritage Is Part of the Conversation Meet Stephanie Meeks, Eighth President of the National Trust Preservation Vacation: Touring Historic Places with the Young Ones Must-Read: The Slave Cabin Project 60 Years of People Saving Places: The National Trust's Annual Report National Trust Members receive special rates and packages at more than 100 Historic Hotels of America. Join or give a gift membership today! SAVING HISTORIC PLACES After the Storm: New Orleans Five Years Later From so many perspectives - including a cultural one - Hurricane Katrina was an unprecedented disaster. As the country marks the storm's fifth anniversary, we reflect on ways preservationists have rolled up their sleeves - and charged up their power tools - to rebuild the City Beneath the Sea. But more work remains, as evidenced by ongoing efforts to convince officials to rehab historic Charity Hospital as part of a solution to the city's healthcare needs. Learn more about our work in New Orleans. >> Sign the petition to rehabilitate Charity Hospital. >> TRAVEL National Trust Membership: Saving Places and Cash How can something so small bring such value? Of course we're talking about a National Trust Member Card, which is your ticket to savings at over 300 historic sites and Historic Hotels of America ® from coast to coast (and beyond). Between discounted site admissions to some seriously stellar room rates, we've got you - and your heritage travel habit - covered. See where membership brings you value. >> THIS PLACE MATTERS Help a Place That Matters Win $25,000  What's your preservation crush? Historic houses that have stood the test of time? Old theaters with nostalgic signs that still shine bright? Town squares that make you feel right at home? From way up north to way out west, our This Place Matters Community Challenge features small- and big-town gems that are guaranteed to get you going. Use our interactive map to explore more than 80 organizations that are working to gain recognition for a place that matters to them. Then support your favorite with a one-time vote. The winning organization will receive $25,000 to support grassroots preservation efforts in their community. Cast your vote for a place that matters. >> HISTORIC SITES Take Action: Make Sure History Is Part of the Conversation History needs your help. Created by President Obama as the foundation of his administration's conservation efforts, the America's Great Outdoors program has launched a national dialogue about innovative ways to reconnect Americans - young and old - with the outdoors. While we've been vocal about the importance of including historic and cultural sites in this effort at listening sessions hosted around the country (like the one in Colorado shown at left), we need your help. Take action today by urging the White House and the Department of the Interior to put these important parts of our heritage back on the map - and into the conversation about conservation. Take action for our heritage. >>

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