Dancers Donate $4,000

CWDF

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Jan 16, 2009
Location
Pennsylvania
The Civil War Dance Foundation and its performing troupe, the Victorian Dance Ensemble, donated $4,000 to four organizations for Civil War preservation programs. With this year’s donations, the total has now reached over $43,000 since the group began making donations in 2001. For a complete list of our past donations, see www.civilwardance.org/history.htm. Additionally, the CWDF’s balls and dance demonstrations have helped other organizations raise over $175,000 for preservation and education.

This year’s donations were given to:

$1,000 - The Civil War Trust, Washington, D.C. CWT is the largest non-profit organization devoted to the preservation of our nation's endangered Civil War battlefields. It has saved over 36,000 acres in twenty states. The Trust also promotes educational programs and heritage tourism initiatives to inform the public of the war's history. In June 2011, the CWT launched “Campaign 150: Our Time, Our Legacy” to preserve an additional 20,000 acres during the sesquicentennial of the Civil War.
Website www.CivilWar.org.


$1,000 – Old Court House Museum, Winchester, Va. Winchester changed hands seventy times during the Civil War. During its occupation by both armies, the Court House served as a hospital and prison. Today, it houses a museum with a collection of over 3,000 artifacts that tells the story of the Civil War in the Shenandoah Valley. Included among the unique artifacts is a wall of graffiti, written by patients and prisoners housed in the Court House. The museum is currently in the process of researching and creating a permanent display that will provide interpretative panels and graphics, a location for an audiostick, a cabinet with a notebook that provides more details on the exhibit, and a packet of information for educators in both printed and web-based format.
Website www.civilwarmuseum.org

$1,000 – Lincoln Cottage, Washington, D.C. The Lincoln Cottage on the grounds of the Soldiers Home in Washington and was the “Summer White House” during the Civil War. Lincoln used it a retreat from the heat and politics of downtown Washington. He wrote much of the Emancipation Proclamation at the cottage. The cottage was opened to the public in 2008 but restoration work is still in progress and a current project involves restoring the vestibule.
Website http://lincolncottage.org/


$1,000 – Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pa. The 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Monument was blown off its base during a storm just before the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. The damaged statue was placed back on its base for the anniversary but later taken down, repaired and returned to the battlefield. GNMP Superintendent Bob Kirby said that the CWDF “emergency” donation, “made the repair and placement process so much faster . . . we would have waited a lot longer to have the monument project completed.”
Website www.nps.gov/gett/index.htm

We encourage everyone to support your favorite Civil War preservation causes and to support events that make donations to preservation!

Annette Keener-Farley
President
Civil War Dance Foundation
www.CivilWarDance.org
 
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