How do military personnel and their families participate in The Big Read?
Domestic military bases participate in The Big Read through community partnerships with local Big Read grantees. To date, 26 military installations nationwide have participated in The Big Read through these local alliances. In 2008, The Big Read also will include U.S. military installations abroad. These bases will receive reader’s, teacher’s, and audio guides and other materials to host their own Big Read celebrations. The Big Read is the fourth national initiative in which the NEA has involved military personnel and their families. The Arts Endowment previously has partnered with the Department of Defense to bring arts programming to military installations through Shakespeare in American Communities, the Great American Voices Military Base Tour, and Operation Homecoming.
