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Help give away ONE MILLION dollars!

April 3, 2009

Help give away ONE MILLION dollars!

Vote for your favorite historic sites April 14 - May 17, 2009.

With the public's input, American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation will give away $1 million in preservation grants in Greater Boston.

American Express, in partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Northeast Office, has identified historic places throughout Greater Boston that reflect the region's rich and diverse cultural heritage. On April 14, the Partners in Preservation team will reveal the eligible places here at www.partnersinpreservation.

From April 14 - May 17, the public will be invited to vote here for the places they would like to see receive preservation funding and to share their personal stories and photos of the 25 sites. Each person can vote once daily for any of the 25 historic places. The winner of the public vote is guaranteed to receive a grant, so your votes really do count!

The Greater Boston area is the fourth region to receive funding from American Express under the initiative. American Express has already given away $2.5 million in preservation grants to sites in San Francisco Bay Area, Chicagoland and New Orleans.

Media Requests:
Sheila Green
Director of Public Relations
Conventures, Inc.
One Design Center Place
Boston, MA 02210
Phone: 617.204.4248
E-mail: sgreen@conventures.com

Leslie Berland
Director, Corporate Communications
American Express Company
World Financial Center
200 Vesey St
New York, NY 10285
Phone: 212.640.5142
E-mail: Leslie.A.Berland@aexp.com

Caroline Barker
Communications Coordinator
Communications & Marketing
National Trust for Historic Preservation
1785 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202.588.6125
E-mail: caroline_barker@nthp.org