Nine projects have been awarded grants totaling $14,565 from the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the commission announced.
Six of the projects will receive the maximum $2,000 amount. Civil War sesquicentennial grants are awarded four times annually as funds are available.
Recipients of the $2,000 grants awarded were:
• The Bill and Sharon Arnold Family Foundation of DeValls Bluff for a Civil War program.
• The Little Rock School District to transport students for programs at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History and the Old State House Museum in Little Rock.
• The Ozark Arts Council in Harrison for the play Shenandoah -- The Musical.
• The Delta Cultural Center in Helena-West Helena for the 152nd-anniversary re-enactment of the Battle of Helena.
• Reed's Bridge Battlefield Preservation Society in Jacksonville for its annual event on the Bayou Meto battlefield.
• Clay County for a re-enactment of military activities at Chalk Bluff.
The remaining three grants awarded were:
• Dallas County Museum in Fordyce, $1,400, for the 151st-anniversary re-enactment of the Battle of Marks' Mills.
• The Clayton House in Fort Smith, $885, for "Civil War Days in Fort Smith and the Sutton Mansion: An Earlier Clayton House Chapter."
• Mosaic Templars Cultural Center in Little Rock, $280, to conserve a muster roll, which is an official list of the officers and enlisted men, of the 46th U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment.
The next grant deadline is May 22. Information for applications and guidelines is available at the commission's website, arkansascivilwar150.com.
The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission is part of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program.
Metro on 03/13/2015