Q: Following the 1996 Olympics, there was a fabulous museum near Centennial Olympic Park called The Patriots Museum or Patriotism Museum. What happened to it? It would be so good to have something like that in downtown.
—Eloise S. Pino, Marietta
A: The National Museum of Patriotism, which opened in 2004, closed on July 31, 2010, because of the economic downturn, founder Nick Snider told the AJC at the time.
The museum, which was on Spring Street before moving to the Hilton Garden Inn in downtown Atlanta in October 2007, is now available as a virtual museum at foundationofpatriotism.org.
It also changed its name to the National Foundation of Patriotism, which is a nonprofit organization.
“It became apparent that we needed a new 21st century technology plan to continue the mission,” Snider said in 2010.
The website includes virtual exhibits, articles, a store and a link for donations.
Q: CNN reported Omaha police officer Kerrie Orozco was killed in the line of duty before she was to start maternity leave. What are the details of the gunfight?
—William McKee Jr., Flowery Branch
A: Orozco was with two other officers when they attempted to arrest Marcus D. Wheeler on May 20 in connection with a 2014 shooting.
Shots were exchanged at a home in Omaha, Neb., and Orozco, who was one day away from going on maternity leave to care for her daughter who was born three months premature, and Wheeler were killed.
Orozco was shot just above her protective vest.
Police had been trying to find Wheeler for months.
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