| GE-50059-08 | Public Programs: America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Planning Grants | Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission | An American Turning Point: The Civil War in Virginia | 9/1/2008 - 6/30/2009 | $40,000.00 | Cheryl | L. | Jackson | | | | Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission | Richmond | VA | 23219-3420 | USA | 2008 | U.S. History | America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Planning Grants | Public Programs | 40000 | 0 | 40000 | 0 | Planning for a traveling exhibition, a smaller mobile museum version, and a low-security exhibit, on the Civil War events in Virginia as representative of the larger national experience.
The Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission seeks a Chairman's Special Award Planning Grant to support the development of a three-component exhibition entitled An American Turning Point: The Civil War in Virginia. The exhibition will consist of a two-part gallery exhibit (home front and battlefront) as well as a mobile museum and low-security version for travel to underserved communities in Virginia and other states. Each will tell a fair and balanced story of African-American, Union and Confederate individuals during the Civil War. Virginia leads the nation in establishing a commission to plan for the sesquicentennial and is proud to offer a compelling story of national importance and serve as a model to other states that are looking to Virginia for guidance in planning commemorative activities. |