Join the Civil War 150 Council Today!

Virginia leads the nation in preparing for the sesquicentennial and your support will ensure that the commemoration is appropriate in scale and successful in execution. By becoming a member of the Civil War 150 Council today, you will join those already committed to supporting our nation’s historical heritage.

Become a Member

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

Member Benefits

• Advance invitation to Signature Events
• VIP seating at Signature Events
• Invitation to exclusive receptions at Signature Events
• Limited time commemorative logo pin
• Advance copies of the Commission’s newsletter
• Public recognition as a member of the Civil War 150 Council

What will my support go toward?

In addition to your member benefits, Civil War 150 Council members will help guarantee an exciting and informative educational experience for individuals across the country through the Commission’s proposed statewide activities, 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 that will be distributed free of charge to every school, library and museum in Virginia.

• The Legacy Project: 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: A series of conferences, held in cooperation with private and public institutions of higher education, addressing broad political, , military, social and economic themes related to the Civil War.

• Sesquicentennial Battlefield Tours: Rare and personalized 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.
  

 

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* If you prefer to donate by check, please contact Danielle Watkins 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 26 USC 170(c)(1).