The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission will award a $2,000 grant for a diorama project in Prairie County to commemorate the war's 150th anniversary, the commission announced.
The grant to the Bill and Sharon Arnold Family Foundation will be used to create a diorama depicting DeValls Bluff during the Civil War. The city was a major base for the Union Army during the war.
Civil War Sesquicentennial grants of up to $2,000 are awarded four times per year, as funding is available. The next application deadline is Feb. 20.
Grant applications and guidelines and more information about sesquicentennial commemorations are available online at arkansascivilwar150.com under the historical markers and grants section.
Metro on 12/17/2014