Join the Civil War 150 Council Today!

Virginia leads the nation in preparing for the sesquicentennial and your support will ensure that our leadership role in this ground-breaking commemoration remains. By becoming a member of the Civil War 150 Council today, you will join those already committed to preserving our nation’s rich history so that generations to come will be able to understand the past . . . while embracing the future.

Become a Member

Membership in the Civil War 150 Council is available for an annual contribution of $150.00 or more.

Membership Levels and Benefits:

Member Level ($150)
Benefactor Level ($500)
Director's Level ($1,000)
Executive Level ($2,500)
President's Level ($5,000)

 

What will my support go toward?

In addition to your member benefits, Civil War 150 Council members will guarantee an exciting and informative educational experience for people throughout the United States, including:

• Museum Exhibition: A major statewide exhibition entitled "America’s Great Turning Point: The Civil War in Virginia" will offer a balanced depiction of Virginia’s participation in the war, and include stories from the homefront and battlefront.
• CW 150 HistoryMobile: A high-tech interactive mobile museum that will travel to throughout Virginia and beyond, bringing history directly to the people.
• Educational DVD: A three-hour educational film produced by the Center for Civil War Studies at Virginia Tech that will be distributed free of charge to every school, library and museum in Virginia.
• The Legacy Project: Document Digitization and Access: A major initiative focused on preserving documentary heritage by identifying Civil War-era materials currently in private hands, scanning and cataloging them, and making them available via the web for research for years to come.
• Signature Conferences and Law School Symposia: A regular series of conferences, held in cooperation with private and public institutions of higher education, addressing broad political, military, social, economic and constitutional topics related to the Civil War.
• Sesquicentennial Internet Battlefield Tours: Rare and personalized 'Vodcast' tours of significant battlefields in Virginia by top-notch historians made available to the world through the Internet.
• Civil War Heritage Tourism: Coordination and marketing of the hundreds of Civil War museums, cemeteries, historic homes, battlefields and related sites in Virginia, making travel plans to those destinations easy and convenient.
  

Yes! I'd like to join the CW150 Council at the following level*:
Select Level Member - $150 Benefactor - $500 Director - $1,000 Executive - $2,500 President - $5,000

I'd like to support the work of the Commission through
a one-time donation of*
$

 

* We greatly appreciate - and depend on - your donation. Please note that an electronic commerce transaction fee is deducted from each online donation by Paypal. If you prefer to donate by check, ensuring that the full amount of your donation is received by the Commission, please contact Michele Howell at (804) 786-3591 or donate@virginiacivilwar.org. Donations to the Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Fund are tax-deductible in accordance with law.