In the past few weeks we have received many requests from organizations around the state interested in finding reenactors and reenactment units for their Civil War events. To make it easier for communities to plan their commemoration events, we’ve created a forum to help connect hosting organizations with reenactors.
If you would like to be on [...]

Congratulations to the Fulton County Historical Society! They have been awarded a $1,500 research grant from the Ohio Humanities Council to implement a sesquicentennial commemoration project.
The Society’s five year project, “Hell & Homefront: Civil War Through Fulton County Eyes” will contain exhibits, educational programs and a publication on the history of Fulton County from the [...]

Our nation’s Civil War battle flags may not survive due to state budget cuts. The Ohio Historical Society has over 400 Civil War battle flags but the government has not provided funding for their preservation in nearly a decade. Other states such as New York, Indiana and Pennsylvania are facing budget cuts which will severely [...]

[ December 12, 2009; 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. December 13, 2009; 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Christmas in the Village, featuring “Home for the Holidays,” a Civil War Christmas.

December 12 and 13, 2009. Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 1pm-5pm. Enjoy the Heritage Village in all its Christmas Splendor.

Visit with both Union and Confederate Civil War Soldiers as they make their way home for the holidays, as they would have in 1862. Sample old [...]

Senators Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and Jim Webb (D-VA) have introduced the Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission Act of 2009 (S.1838) to establish a Commission to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War from 2011-2015. The legislation authorizes $3.5 million in funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to award grants for activities relating [...]