Dear Wiki Loves Monuments worldwide community,
We here in the United States have expanded the photo contest this year into
a three-month "Summer of Monuments". Our special goal is outreach in the
Southern U.S. states which currently have fewer historic places represented
on Wikimedia Commons. There are some prizes for the best photographs, and
for the institution that contributes the best collection.
Individual photographers from around the country are excited about Summer
of Monuments and have already contributed several hundred photos. You can see
many of them on Commons
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wikipedia_Summer_of_Monuments>.
So far we've met with enthusiastic responses from libraries, archives,
historical societies, and historical preservation groups in the South. We
are waiting to see what kind of collections can actually be uploaded, and
hoping that this project serves as a springboard for larger institutional
donations.
We have a page on Wikimedia Commons
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Summer_of_Monuments_2014> which
can also be accessed from
SummerOfMonuments.org. Please let me know your
thoughts, comments, concerns, questions, suggestions, or exclamations about
the project.
All the best,
Leo Zimmermann
(678)-744-9663
Wikimedia DC