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Civil War Centennial Commission (U.S.)

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Civil War Centennial Publications Collection

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Identifier: MSS-2012-03-01
Abstract The Civil War Centennial Publications Collection (1914-1987, bulk 1961-1964) consists of maps, pamphlets and publications related to the American Civil War Centennial. In 1957, an act of Congress created the United States Civil War Centennial Commission and a national public commemoration of the Civil War. The Commission was asked to work with each of the forty-eight U.S. states to create state-level commissions to commemorate the war, and to coordinate Centennial activities. Commemoration...
Dates: 1914 - 1987