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National Bicentennial Program Criteria and Dubuque's Bicentennial Proposal on Five FlagsNATIONAL BICENTENNIAL PROGRAM CRITERIA AmERICAN REVOLUTION BICENTENNIAL COIIMISSION WASHINGTON, D,C, 20276 JULY 1971 INTRODUCTION The American Revolution Bicentennial Commission has developed criteria for use in evaluating public and private activities proposed for inclusion in the National Bicentennial Program honoring the Nation's 200th Anniversary in 1976. The criteria have been divided into two parts: Basic Criteria Specific Criteria Any activity proposed for inclusion must meet the three basic criteria to be recognized as an official part of the National Bicentennial Program. Organizations or individuals are responsible for demonstrating to the Commission that their proposals meet these criteria. The data requested in the specific criteria provide more detailed and technical information for use in the evaluation process. This information will be helpful in determining the level of support which the Commission may give to an activity. Specific criteria information will also be useful in developing a balanced National Bicentennial Program that fosters maximum involvement and assures a geographic distri- bution of quality activities. Organizations or individuals are invited to submit their proposals for inclusion in the National Bicentennial Program to: American Revolution Bicentennial Commission P. 0. Box 1976 Washington, D. C. 20276 Attention: Program Development and Coordination Proposals should contain a general description of the activity, a narrative statement indicating how the proposal meets the basic criteria, and as much data as possible requested within the specific criteria. BASIC CRITERIA The three basic criteria are set out in bold type in the first column of the chart that follows. 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Sample worksheets are provided to indicate a convenient for- mat for furnishing the specific criteria information to the Commission; however, the format should not be considered restrictive. Please respond to each item shown on the work - sheet, as completely as possible, given the availability of reliable estimates and information. Sponsors should specify the basis for any estimates required or provide documentation, as available, or other justification to support the subjective ratings. Descriptions of each element within the specific criteria categories are provided immediately following the specific criteria worksheets. x i11 F w ¢ H rn z x w U W 5 y H U O z F d x O 6 H nl x wao H xox x 6 .o w � a ¢ �n U O N W d cq 1 / 1 , W 1 H d � ' o a F O O O p O O O F H H N O N w w ++ d eo m u O P4 q u ca 1+ q a/ al u m m F cn U N v) A Fa U H¢ H 0. 6 o H z W al %+ 0 N } o, o a) z a, v a b W H > O O H N W 11 v-1 +1 z u U u o •d u u W w GO C4 > Co W Cd q d G 0) H N [u P. 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T of N T /n h .-1 H U c0 CJ u z p w d U K u O u ¢ u v o H T ¢ u T W W O H z v M w H T W 0 +1 01 O u ;+ W w p u PQ H ¢ O W H O N 11 u W y u p. H u ,'F♦ O M W u m U H O W H O H H H V .-q H H H r-1 O W 7 W H O A T m ,o > W O. > H p H> T 41 ri > .o H ¢ N N u v N H O O v1 u MA M W u p q u H H H N N H H M O H O H O H U F N H N U H H O. H u W N u w N 0 u H +1 co QI ¢ u W > N W W ci co W> W a w m co a q u rI W > C. O Q N v> 7 > Pu O) O O 71 W 7 N N W H O 0ca14¢oa ¢ u(:I M W w >oazow U O r` ao q o..W.7 OI SPF,�IFI CRITI1tIx WORKSHEET HEADINGS THEMATIC CNTEXT HERITAGE 76 ,,,,,,,,,,,, „ The activity primarily supports the objective that all American citizens have the opportunity to experience the heritage and values of this nation. OPEN HOUSE USA HORIZONS 76 The activity primarily supports the objective that citizens of all countries have access to and participate in festive and cultural events honoring America's 200th Birthday. The activity primarily supports the objective that American citizens establish or achieve new goals during the Bicentennial Era in honor of America's 200th Birthday. TOTALS „ , „ This column represents the total dollars, percentages, numbers, or period of time expected to be expended on the category during the five fiscal years. FISCPI YEAR . , The Federal Government's fiscal year begins on July 1 and closes on June 30. Fiscal year 1973, for instance, begins on July 1, 1972, and ends on June 30, 1973. Fiscal year 1974 begins July 1, 1973 and so on. Any data fur- nished should be applied to the appropriate fiscal years. ACTIVITY TITLE ro Each proposed osed activity should be given a title illustrating its purpose or theme. SUA TTEU BY The sponsor organization and the individual responsible for a program should be stated. TELEPHU14E NUNBERS Indicate the telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact for the activity. UNTE ............ Give the date the proposal is being submitted to the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. P SPECIFIC CRITERIA WORKSHEET CATEGORIES 1, LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT (PERCENT COMPLETED PER STAGE) PLANNING STAGE ,,,,,,,,,,,,, Ideas or concepts which are being developed into a unified and feasible procedure for fulfillment. IMPLEMENTATION STAGE ,,,,,,,,loop Definitive plans which are being put into effect through the accomplishment of inter- mediate steps leading to fulfillment. OPERATIONAL STAGE An activity which is available for its target audience. 2, OO11POSITION OF TAUS A11111LK (PERCENT OR NUMBERS) TOTAL INVOLVED The number of people expected to be reached directly or indirectly by the activity. NATIONWIDE REGIONAL ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Nationwide audiences are•found throughout a majority of the states and are not necessarily concentrated in any geograph- ical area. Regional audiences are found in three or more states linked by geography, admin- istrative convenience, or a commonality of historical or program interests. LOCAL ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Local audiences are found within a radius of 250 miles of the site or point of distribution of the activity. INTERNATIONAL ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, International audiences are found outside of the United States, its territories and possessions. i AGE TARGET GENERAL POPULATION ,,,,,,,,,,,,, An activity is expected to appeal to all age groups. UNDER 18 ,,,,,,,,,,,', An activity is expected to be of particular appeal to America's school age popu- lation. 18 AND OVER An activity is expected to jI be of particular appeal to America's adult population. GP.OUP AFFINITY GENERAL POPULATION An activity is expected to have broad appeal without emphasis on any special or particular interest. SPECIALIST An activity is expected to appeal to those whose interests are united by how they earn their living, enjoy their leisure pursuits, or share another common interest. PARTICULAR An activity is expected to ' appeal to those whose in- terests are united by sex, race, creed, color, religion or national origin but which is open to others. 3. 71h'NI (PERIOD OF TIME) PRIOR TO 1976 The activity will reach its operational stage before January 1, 1976. DURING 1976 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, The activity will not only reach its operational stage but will be specifically emphasized some time between January 1, 1976 and December 31, 1976. AFTER 19 76 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , TOTAL ACTIVE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF ACTIVITY ,,...,.goes,,..,.., PER PERSON DURATION OF CONTACT WITH ACTIVITY The activity bill be partially in operational stage before or during 1976 and will reach full operational stage befora December 31, 1987. The period of time the activity will remain available to its target audience. The period of time the average member of the target audience is anticipated to be involved with the activity. 4. ESTIEATED COST (DOLLARS) FEDERAL COST The amount of federal budget dollars estimated to be in- voZved in the planning, implementation, and/or operation of the activity. LOCAL COST ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, The amount of state or local government dollars estimated to be involved in the planning, implementation, and/or oper- ation of the activity. PRIVATE COST 5, SQURCE OF FUNDING (PERCENT) APPROPRIATION The amount of dollars from a nongovernmental source esti- mated to be involved in the Planning, implementation, and/ or operation of the activity. Non-profit groups, even though themselves supported by governmental appropriations, should be considered private. A process requiring all or a portion of the anticipated funding to be approved by a designated public body. Relevant timing and scheduling factors in the appropriation process should be explained. I EXECUTIVE AUTHORIZATION ,,,,,,,,, A process requiring all or a portion of the anticipated funding to be approved by a public or corporate official at his discretion. SELF-SUPPORTING DONATION {,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, A process requiring all or a portion of the anticipated funding to be provided from earnings of the activity. Activities which are expected to earn a reasonable profit are considered self-supporting; net profit estimates, as a percentage of investment, should be provided. A process requiring all or a portion of the anticipated funding to be received from the public, from charitable foundations, or other non- profit groups as non -recover- able gifts. LQdI2IBUTORY FFU T (DOLLARS OR NUMBERS) JOBS CREATED ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, GNP v GENERATED ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, BALANCE OF TRADE RES IDL1ALJiEhF..FJ_U ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, The number of new job oppor- tunities expected to become directly available because of the activity. The total gross dollars ex- pected to result directly from the activity. The ;total gross dollars ex- pected to be earned from abroad by the activity. Any permanent items expected to be of continued use after the activity's Bicentennial objectives are fulfilled should be specified and described. 79 0RUANIZA.TIONAL C:A.PACITY (NONE, LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH, MAXIMUM) DEGREE OF COMMITMENT TO ACTIVITY LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE WITH ACTIVITY AVAILABILITY OF HUMAN RESOURCES ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, QUALITY OF SUPPORT OUTSIDE OF SPONSOR ORGANIZATION 0,40114111 AVAILABILITY OF FACILITIES FOR ACTIVITY ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, The higher the priority given by the organization to the fulfillment of the activity, the higher the subjective rating. The greater the number of similar activities under- taken by the organization, the higher the subjective rating. The greater the ability to recruit and retain people with the necessary skills to carry out the activity, the higher the subjective rating. The greater the number and breadth of'support for the activity from other organ- izations and distinguished individual authorities, the higher the subjective rating. The greater the adequacy of established facilities.in which to conduct the activity and its related requirements, the higher the subjective rating. H, DURFEUF FEASItsILTTY (NONE, LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH, MAXIMUM) DEVELOPMENT OF COMPETITIVE ACTIVITIES The fewer similar known activities which will draw attention away from the pro- posed activity, the higher the subjective rating. I DOMESTIC POLITICAL , FEASIBILITY i FOREIGN POLICY FEASIBILITY FEASIBILITY OF COMPLETING ACTIVITY ........1,,,,,,,,,,,,, The lesser the probability that the activity will en- gender significant or vocal opposition, the higher the subjective rating. The greater the probability the activity will promote and encourage U.S. inter- national objectives, the higher the subjective rating. The greater the probability that the activity will reach its operational stage, the higher the subjective rating. 9, LEVEL OF I11PACT (NONE, LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH, MAXIMUM) QUALITY OF ACTIVITY..,•.,,,,,,,,, NATIONAL NEED FOR ACTIVITY ....,, ORIGINALITY OF ACTIVITY ,.,..... I EFFECT OF ACTIVITY ON BICENTENNIAL The greater the care taken in preparing an activity, the greater the style of presen- tation of an activity, and the greater the accuracy with which the subject matter is dealt with, the higher the subjective rating. The greater the estimated national requirement for an activity --in terms of the activity's thematic context and in terms of the Bicen- tennial itself --the higher . the subjective rating. The more the activity seems to add to a new dimension to the Bicentennial, by virtue of its content, its prUsen- tation, or by virtue of those whom it involves, the higher the subjective rating. The more positive impression the activity contributes to the total National Bicen- tennial Program, the higher the subjective rating. 10, llERIYATIVE BENEFITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, State in narrative form the primary and secondary (if ' any) objectives or benefits to be achieved by the activity. VISUAL DUBUQUE BICENTENNIAL CENTER PRESENTATION They call him the Paul Revere of the Mississippi . . . . Like the other Paul Revere, he worked in metal. He was a lead miner. His name was Jean Marie Cardinal. The lead mines were on the west bank of the Mississippi at a place where Julian Dubuque would later found the historic city of Dubuque, Iowa. . . The year was Seventeen Eighty -- the fourth year of the American Revolution. Jean Marie Cardinal and the Iowa lead mines were providing precious bullets for the Kentucky riflemen fiChting under George Rogers Clark and possibly even the soldiers under George Washington who had survived the winter at Valley Fo-ge. The British were gathering forces and supplies at Prairie du Chien for a surprise attack on St. Louis, which if successful would threaten the entire western frontier. n 2 AUDIO Before moving south to St. Louis the British and their Indian allies fought their first battle on the Upper Mississippi at the Iowa lead mines, capturing seventeen prisoners and fifty peurrds of lead ore. But Jean Marie Cardinal escaped, and thus began the day -and -night ride of the second �n Paul Revere, only this time a birch -bark canoe down the Mississippi. . . From the Iowa lead mines to St. Louis, miles, Cardinal carried the warning of the impending British attack. Cardinal was killed in the battle at St. Louis, but the British were defeated and gave up their attempt to hold the western boundary of the American colonies. I �; rez The treaty of Seventy Eighty-two might well have fixed the western boundary of the United States along the Alleghenies, but for the warning of Jean Marie Cardinal. . VISUAL AjUDIO K Jean Marie Cardinal and the Iowa lead mines played a significant part in the brilliant opening chapter of the history of the United States. They are also part of a much older history of exploration, discovery and settlement that goes back three hundred years on the Upper Mississippi. To preserve this unique heritage, we propose to make it a significant part of the American Revolution Bicentennial. . . . We propose a cultural and historical Center for the Upper Mississippi valley, embodying the development of our great heritage and commemorating the Revolutionary battle at the lead mines of Dubuque. . . The Center will house a most unusual theater. . .a theater with a multiple 0- screen, multi -media presentation that will recreate the whole landscape of the Upper Mississippi's past and the story of the people who gave it life. . . . VISUAL AUDIO 4 Jean Marie Cardinal and the history of the lead mines. . .the spectacular -.ight of a thousand British troops and Indian warriors southward bound on the Mississippi under the old red banner of England. . .these and hundreds of other images from the past will be projected into the present in the panoramic proportions of the Center's "total environment" theater. . .the walls dissolve into a wilderness, then a bluff overlooking the Mississippi. And, in the distance, two canoes. One carries a French fur trapper and the other a Jesuit missionary. . .Joliet and Marquette in the year Sixteen Seventy-three become the first white men to see the broad waters of the Upper Mississippi and sense the vastness of America. We, too, see it for the first time and sense some of the vastness. . . . Across the historic landscape of the Upper Mississippi also will walk some of the people who were here in the beginning. . .Black Hawk. . .Wapd1o. . .Keokuk. . . Powesh i ek . . . . VISUAL AUDIO VISUAL 5 Now the scene changes to early winter in Seventeen Sixty. . .one of the final scenes of the long French and Indian wars in which England defeats France. Louis Lienard Beauleu-Villemond leads the last ' French expedition down the Mississippi past the bluffs of present-day Dubuque. The Fleur de Lis hangs sadly above the last remnants of the once powerful French forces in America -- four officers, two cadets, forty-eight regulars and seventy- eight militia. France departs from the Upper Mississippi forever. . . . The scenes constantly change, surrounding the viewers with the sights and sounds of mighty colonial powers struggling for possession of the Upper Mississippi and the story of how they eventually lost it to men like Washington, Jefferson, Adams and Monroe. . . . And throughout the whole spectacular presentation, a vivid sense of time and place. . .a sense of what the Upper Mississippi was and how it came to be AUDIO r what it is. . . . The Center will also have an outstanding exhibition hall. It will house an historical display of Mississippi memorabilia provided by state historical societies and private donors in all states bordering the Upper Mississippi . . . . One of Dubuque's oldest and most archi- tecturally significant theaters, already a National Historical Site, will be restored and connected to the Center's exhibition hall. On this site a theater has been in continuous operation since Eighteen Forty, longer than anywhere west of the Mississippi. The theater has excellent acoustics and, when restored, will seat an audience of one thousand. Its stage will be spacious enough to accommodate Symphony, ballet and opera. An early cultural center on the Mississippi, Dubuque once boasted twenty legitimate theaters in operation at one time. A play will be VISUAL AUDIO commissioned for the Bicentennial to com- memorate Dubuque's brilliant theater history -- and usher in a new era. . . . At the conclusion of the Bicentennial year, the exhibition hall and two theaters will serve the surrounding three -state area as a permanent, regional center for the arts, crafts, festivals, theater and a wide range of cultural and entertainment events. . . . We propose a name. A name symbolic of a heritage. A heritage that glows in the colors emblazoned on banners that have flown over Dubuque and the Upper Mississippi valley: The Fleur de Lis of France, the Royal Flag of Spain, the Union Jack of England, the French Imperial Flag of Napoleon, and the Stars and Stripes of the United States of America. We propose to name the Center -- FIVE FLAGS. . . . VISUAL AUDIO it Nineteen Seventy-six will be a truly memorable year for visitors to Dubuque and the Bicentennial Center. Dubuque and the Upper Mississippi valley surrounding Dubuque are filled with milestones on the road from yesterday to tomorrow. . .gothic cathedrals and humble log cabins. . .a river harbour that once was described by steamboat pilots as the best harbour on the Upper Mississippi. . .the restored shot tower -- lead was dropped one hundred and fifty feet into water, thus forming the round shot used by Union soldiers in the Civil War. . .restored Victorian homes, picturesque churches and distinctive public buildings that have been subjects for many artists. . .and the shortest cog railroad in the United States. The past is just around the corner in Dubuque. . . a regional city that has not allowed progress to destroy sites and buildings that recall our national heritage and early statehood. . . VISUAL AUDIO 0 The tomb of Julian Dubuque overlooks a vast panorama of the Mississippi which today looks much the way it looked when explorers, missionaries, fur traders, soldiers and miners used the river as a highway for empire all the way from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. Thirteen hundred acres surrounding Julian Dubuque's tomb, considered to be one of the most beautiful sights on the Mississippi, are available for a possibie Bicentennial National Park. . . . We are ready to begin. . . . The Center has been the subject of careful study and planning by the Five Flags council which represents a broad cross section of the community -- colleges, business, labor, government, the arts and historical societies. We are of one mind: to build a Center worthy of the proud heritage of the upper Mississippi valley. . . . VISUAL VISUAL 10 The people of Dubuque have pledged over seven hundred thousand dollars toward the construction of the Center, and they are anxious to begin building. The Iowa Bicentennial Commissionq has enthusiastically endorsed the Center. . . . We are ready to begin -- now. All we need is the endorsement of the National Bicentennial Commission and the funds to finish the Center by Nineteen Seventy-six. . . . So let us begin. Where history began and the Revolution was fought on the Upper Mississippi, under Five Flags.