摘要:Events and circumstances united Joe Mantegna, an accom-plished actor, and the campaign to build the National Mu-seum of the United States Army."People call it serendipity," Mantegna said, "but really, that'sjust a way of saying that things happen for a reason."Early last summer, Mantegna was named spokesman for theNational Museum of the United States Army project. The roadthat led him there started during World War II, landed him onthe Memorial Day Concert stage on the U.S. Capitol groundsand, ultimately, to the purchase of a commemorative brick thatwill be part of the entrance path to the Army Museum, indicativeof his volunteer work to help make the project a reality