H.R.3057 Script & Email Templates

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These templates are designed for use as emails or for calling and leaving messages with staff. They can be personalized as much or as little as you prefer.

Please remember that calls to the committee members/staffs where the legislation will be considered, Veterans Affairs Committee and Natural Resources Committee, are crucial as well. The ask will need to be adjusted somewhat: instead of asking members to co-sponsor, please use the following suggested language: Please actively support and move this bill through the [name of] Committee.

Message Subject Line: National POW/MIA Memorial & Museum Act: H.R.3057

Message Template #1:

Sir or Ma’am, I am requesting your help to co-sponsor H.R.3057, legislation that would designate the National POW/MIA Memorial & Museum as “national”. This developing memorial and museum sits on 26 acres in Jacksonville (formerly part of Naval Air Station Cecil Field). 6 acres have been completed and plans are in place for the remaining 20. There are memorials that honor our POWs and MIAs in other areas of the country, but this site will truly be a comprehensive center of national prominence and a place where the public will be educated about POWs and MIAs from all wars beginning with WWII, able to do research, see artifacts and enjoy interactional displays of meaning. It will also be a place for reflection and solace and events will be held throughout the year. Telling the stories of the families of those missing or taken prisoner is paramount as well as tracking and showing current accounting efforts and returns. It does not compete with other memorials but rather enhances and is in partnership. Please visit https://powmiamemorial.org to see the site plan, vision and progress of this organization.

This legislation is truly bipartisan and there is no funding involved. Please add your name and be part of this unique and compelling effort to honor and maintain the legacy of these heroes and their families.

Message Template #2:

I am writing to garner your support for the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum (to be located in Jacksonville, FL) in these specific and direct ways:

H.R.3057 was introduced to the 119th Congress by Representative Aaron Bean on 29 April 2025. The legislation simply provides that the site be designated as a national memorial and museum. No funds or management by any federal agency is involved. The land is under lease from the City of Jacksonville. Unfortunately, what should be a unanimous bipartisan, easily passed bill, has lacked sufficient co-sponsors despite communications from other supportive POW/MIA organizations and those from veterans, advocates and families. We urge your support of our mission to honor all former Prisoners of War; remember and never forget those Missing In Action heroes and the families who seek their return.

The 501(c)(3) organization managing this project has already renovated the old base chapel at what was NAS Cecil Field, has successfully renamed the more than 6-mile roadway that includes the memorial and museum site to POW-MIA Memorial Parkway and opened temporary museum exhibits in existing spaces within the Chapel building. A memorial to Gold Star families was dedicated in 2021 and a display of three aircraft is now on-site. Soon, the memorial will include one of the first POW/MIA flags (a banner) and its history, interactive exhibits and features that will appeal to all ages and ethnicities.

What is still needed is the national designation, passed by Congress to signal to all that this complex, ideally located along I-10 and accessible to I-75 and I-95, will be a place for the general public to seek out as a destination. Visitors will learn more about the wars, those who fought, their stories, their weapons, including aircraft and the stories of the families who remain, many of whom still searching for answers to the fate of their loved ones. It will be a place to study, reflect, appreciate and keep our American military and civilian heroes’ legacies intact.

Please join us today by adding your name as a co-sponsor.

Message Template #3:

Please add your support to legislation that will designate the POW/MIA Memorial and Museum in Jacksonville, FL, as the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum. It is ideally located along I-10 and accessible to I-75 and I-95. As a national destination, this 26-acre complex will tell the stories of, recognize and preserve the legacy of POWs and MIAs in all services from WWII to present day conflicts, focus on the families of our heroes through the years. It will be a dynamic site that will also feature events throughout the year. This bipartisan legislation acknowledges multi-faceted, vibrant construction with emphasis on educating future generations. Families, veterans, educators and the general public will be able to absorb the history of the POW/MIA flag and accounting efforts, reflect, seek solace, and honor POWs and MIAs as efforts continue to account for the more than 81,000 still missing.

Please visit https://powmiamemorial.org to see what has been accomplished to date and view images of the remaining features to be constructed. Then add your name as a co-sponsor!

Message Template #4:

Please support our veterans and remember our MIAs by supporting H.R.3057 and adding your name as a co-sponsor [pushing this legislation through [name of] Committee]. This noteworthy project in Jacksonville, FL will be a national destination that promises to:

Provide interactive displays of our POWs and MIAs
Offer resources to educate our youth and public
Walk with the families of our missing
Maintain the legacy of our Missing and POWs
Include areas for events and veteran activities
Advocate for the return of our missing (over 81,000)

Please note we have 2-sided business cards with the above POWMIA message. To receive a supply for your use and distribution (ask others to contact their representatives and use the information on the card) or for assistance or questions, please contact admin@powmiamemorial.org or leave a message at 904-300-3671. 

THANK YOU for your participation and advocacy. Getting this vital legislation passed is essential to our progress and success!