National Boot Day...Montana-Style, April 13, 2018

Barbara Pepper-Rotness, MHS Research Center Reference Librarian

April 13^th is #NationalBootDay and we are celebrating it Montana-style…with cowboy boots, of course! Visit us April 13, 2018 wearing your western-style boots to receive free admission.

Also, we are creating a new Pinterest board dedicated to this day and we need your help! Read below to learn how you can play our Facebook sweepstakes and participate in this collaborative collection.

The picture of the cowboy boots below is our most popular image on Pinterest and is the inspiration for our #NationalBootDay event.

Image: MHS Museum #2004.47.01

Play to win:

• Two books published by the Montana Historical Society Press
• A Tender Foot in Montana, by Francis M. Thompson, ed. by Kenneth N. Owens
• Charlies Russell Roundup, ed. by Brian Dippie
• One issue of Montana The Magazine of Western History
• Several postcards from our store
• MHS bookmarks and pencils from the Research Center

Play to win:

Gifts you could win (minus the boots)
Image by Tom Ferris, MHS Photographer

Enter Sweepstakes:

• Go to our Facebook Page to enter.
• Add one clear, close-up image of your cowboy or western-style boots (boots only, no people) in the Comments field of our April 13 #NationalBootDay Facebook post. Submissions for the contest will be accepted through 5:00pm on April 16^th.
• “Pick a Winner”, a third-party app sponsored by Woobox, will randomly select a winner at 5:01pm (MDT) April 16^th.
• Photos will be displayed on our Pinterest #NationalBootDay…Montana-Style board*.

 *During the month of April, you can watch our Pinterest ‘channel’ set to the #NationalBootDay board. Click on the Pinterest tab (no mobile access) on the left side of our Facebook Page and watch this gallery grow!

Well-worn cowboy boots
Image by Tom Ferris, MHS Photographer

Eligibility:

• Must be eighteen years or older to win.
• Must be a resident of the United States to win.
• We reserve the right to remove any images that contain faces, names, profanity, nudity, hateful or political content. Removal of your image will nullify your eligibility.
• Employees of MHS are restricted from entering contest. 

Conditions:

• No purchase necessary to win.
• Playing this game is not required to receive free admission to the museum on April 13^th; nor, is admission to the museum contingent upon entering the contest.
• Must access our Facebook Page to play.
• Submit one clear (not blurred) image, 600 x 900 pixels minimum for Pinterest.
• We will not use names for any purpose other than to notify and announce the winner.
• Winner will be notified by April 17, and winner will be announced (after verifying his/her compliance with our official rules) on Facebook no later than April 30, 2018.

Disclaimers:

• By entering this contest, you agree to a complete release of Facebook and Pinterest from any liability in connection with this contest.
• This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, associated with, or administered by Facebook, Pinterest, or, other social networks.
• By adding your image in the Comments field of our #NationalBootDay Facebook post, you are granting MHS permission to use image on other social media.
• Prize has no cash value.