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Commemorative Events for Civil War 150th Anniversary

During 2011-2015, the Civil War will be commemorated with special events in more than 70 Civil War-related national parks. This month's schedule includes highlighted events in four different parks.

A Great Opportunity

The National Park System's large complement of Civil War-related sites and related human and cultural resources ensure that the National Park Service and its partners will have a prominent role to play in the Civil War sesquicentennial commemoration that gets underway this year and continues through 2015.

The National Park Service sees this as a great opportunity to help the current generation of Americans learn about this country's greatest national crisis and explore the Civil War's enduring relevance in the 21st century.

Towards this end the agency has planned for improved interpretative programs and special commemorative activities at Civil War-related sites....
Read entire article at National Parks Traveler