CWR Funds

ACW Events

by Pete Panzeri

See below the ACW Round Table wanting to give funding money to groups conducting ACW "Educational" activity. This "educational funding" could be money used as either full funding or "event seed money" for things like: 1. "ACW SEMINAR" (in hotel or empty Mall storefront) Would include ACW games as a display-piece, add a Reenactor or two, a speaker or two on the ACW, and you are rolling! 2. PUBLIC ACW PRESENTATION: This could be under canopy at any outdoor event, especially a historical one. For example the HUGE Scottish fests around the country would call for a demo-tent on "Scottish Units of the American Civil War" (both sides). I know we can get an ACW Reenactor at any place in the USA. 3. "PORTABLE" ACW GAME DAY: All the ACW gamers come to an ACW battlefield, school or public site, and run several demo and participation games for the public and even local gamer-wanna-bees. Funds could pay for things like space rental, flyer and poster printing, table, chair, tent rental, Mall Store-front space, ACW guest speakers (if you do an "ACW Seminar") and possible local advertisements etc. (but these should be public service announcement requests). See below on the POC that ACW Round Table funding. Meanwhile I'll keep you all posted to other such ACW groups in your area. Grants from the St Louis Civil War Round Table by Mike Scully Just thought I would toot our horn. This Summer the Saint Louis Civil War Round Table is distributing $5,000.00 in grants to worthy Civil War Preservation and Education projects. Fort Davidson Historic Site, Pilot Knob MO --- $1,000.00 to acquire authentic items associated with the battle of Pilot Knob for the museum. Etowah Valley Historical Society --- $500.00 to help fund a monument for Missouri Confederates Immanuel Lutheran Church, Pilot Knob MO --- $100.00 to help preserve a site used as a battlefield hospital. Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Foundation --- $500.00 for the Library Expansion Project and $500.00 for the preservation of the Guidon Company H, First Arkansas Union Cav. U S Grant Historic Site Whitehaven St Louis MO --- $400.00 to further education programs on the Grant's. Jefferson Barracks, St Louis MO --- $500.00 for preservation of museum displays and education. The Harris Sword Fund, Lexington MO --- $500.00 to acquire a sword which belonged to Thomas Alexander Harris, Commander of the Second Division, Missouri State Guards 1861. The Sword commemorates his actions in the "Battle of the Hemp Bales" The Mine Creek Battlefield Foundation, Pleasanton KS --- $500.00 for the preservation and interpretation of the Battle of Mine Creek. The Carter House, Franklin TN --- $500.00 for the preservation of the Carter House, the focal point of the Battle of Franklin. Back to Veteran Campaigner August 2001 Table of Contents Back to Veteran Campaigner List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2001 by Pete Panzeri. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com