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    The Civil War Dance Foundation recently donated $4,000 to six organizations for Civil War preservation and education projects. With this year’s donations, the total has now reached over $53,000 directly from our treasury since we began making donations in 2001. When combined with fundraising events we conducted for other organizations, we have now helped to raise over $250,000! This year’s donations were given to:

    $1,000 - Civil War Trust
    The Civil War Trust is America's largest non-profit organization devoted to the preservation of our nation's endangered Civil War battlefields. It has saved over 43,000 acres. The Trust also promotes educational programs and heritage tourism initiatives to inform the public of the War's history. The CWDF has conducted several programs for the CWT’s annual conferences and teacher institutes and the CWDF was named the Trust’s Reenactment Unit of the Year in 2011. This donation will continue our designation as a member of the CWT’s “Color Bearers” donor group. www.CivilWar.org

    $1,000 - Camp Curtin Historical Society
    The Camp Curtin Historical Society & Civil War Round Table is a nonprofit, all volunteer organization, dedicated to the preservation of the history of the Harrisburg area and Camp Curtin in the Civil War. As part of this ongoing mission, the Society has erected two monuments and five wayside markers to create a trail that explains part of that history. This donation will provide funds for additional wayside markers to complete the trail. www.CampCurtin.org

    $2,000 - Four National Park Service Sites
    The CWDF donated $500 each to Antietam National Battlefield, Gettysburg National Military Park, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, and Monocacy National Battlefield to aid their education and interpretive programs.
    23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing after twelve hours of savage combat on September 17, 1862. The Battle of Antietam ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's first invasion into the North and led Abraham Lincoln to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.

    The Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War, the Union victory that ended General Robert E. Lee's second and most ambitious invasion of the North. Often referred to as the "High Water Mark of the Rebellion", Gettysburg was the Civil War's bloodiest battle and was also the inspiration for President Abraham Lincoln's immortal "Gettysburg Address".

    At the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers, on the ancestral home of the Tuscarora and Shawnee people, lies Harpers Ferry. Here you can explore John Brown's Raid against slavery. Find your connection to the struggle for freedom, education, and civil rights at Storer College. Discover miles of trail in the Blue Ridge and along Civil War battlefields.

    During the summer of 1864, the Confederacy carried out a bold plan to turn the tide of the Civil War in their favor.  They planned to capture Washington, DC and influence the election of 1864.  On July 9, however, Federal soldiers outnumbered three to one, fought gallantly along the banks of the Monocacy River in an effort to buy time for Union reinforcement to arrive in Washington, DC.


    The Civil War Dance Foundation urges everyone to support programs and events that aid Civil War preservation and education.

    For a complete list of our donations over the years, visit http://www.civilwardance.org/history.htm

    Larry Keener-Farley
    Dance Master
    Victorian Dance Ensemble
    Performing troupe of the Civil War Dance Foundation
    2011 Civil War Trust Reenactment Unit of the Year
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