AAA Washington pledges $1.6 Million to LeMay - AMERICA'S CAR MUSEUM - Correction

TACOMA, WA - September 9, 2008: LeMay - America's Car Museum is proud to announce that AAA Washington has pledged $1.6 million for the Museum's proposed building to be located adjacently to the Tacoma Dome. The Museum plans to open the new facility to the public by 2011. AAA Washington has been a Museum sponsor since its inception and this donation is the largest corporate commitment the Museum has received to date.

LeMay Museum Board Member and President & CEO of AAA Washington, Charles Liekweg expressed his enthusiasm about the project. "The LeMay Museum and automobile collection is quite remarkable. The opportunity for AAA Washington to work with the Museum in celebrating and exhibiting its own hundred and four year history in the state is truly an exciting one."

President & CEO, David Madeira, expressed his enthusiasm about the pledge noting that, "AAA Washington has been serving members and the traveling public since 1904. The organization provides a variety of exclusive benefits, including roadside assistance, discounts, auto, home and life insurance, maps and personalized trip planning to its 980,000 members. The Museum is delighted to have AAA as a partner in our endeavor to create the world's foremost automotive Museum. We are pleased that we will be able to showcase AAA's important role in automotive history in the Museum and even more excited that AAA will work with us to support the interests of automotive enthusiasts today."

About LeMay - America's Car Museum
America's Car Museum is dedicated to preserving and interpreting the LeMay Collection of automobiles and memorabilia, along with vehicles and artifacts it may acquire. The LeMay Collection was recognized in the Guinness Book of World records as the largest privately held car collection in the world. At its peak, the collection was in excess of 3,000 automobiles, motorcycles, trucks and other vehicles, plus more than 30,000 pieces of related 20th century Americana. Plans are under way to build a brand-new museum campus in Tacoma, WA to feature 1,000 cars and memorabilia. More information is available online at www.lemaymuseum.org.

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