On February 1, the National Park Service (NPS) and the President’s Committee
on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) <http://www.pcah.gov/> jointly
announced the awarding of $14.3 million in federal competitive Save
America’s Treasures (SAT) grants. A list of the recipients and their
projects can be found at http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/treasures.

The grants are made in collaboration with the National Endowment for the
Arts (NEA), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Institute
of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), and Save America’s Treasurer’s
private partner, the National Trust for Historic Preservation. With the
grants, 61 organizations and agencies will conserve nationally significant
cultural and historic sites, buildings, objects, documents, and collections.


Each federal partner oversees the SAT awards to projects that reflect that
agency’s mission. This year, the National Park Service will administer
grants to 29 projects focused on structures and sites. The remaining 32
projects address the needs of documents, artifacts, and collections and will
be administered by the NEA, NEH, and IMLS.

Virginia Arlington House, Robert E. Lee Memorial, Arlington* - *$290,000

The Arlington House was built by George Washington Parker Custis as a
memorial to George Washington, his step-grandfather. For 30 years, it served
as the home of Robert E. Lee and his family. Today, it is preserved as a
memorial to General Lee. Funds will support the stabilization of the
foundation in order to preserve the structural integrity of the mansion.


September 11 Digital Archive, Fairfax* - *$152,769

No event in the 21st century has had a greater impact on contemporary
American foreign policy, domestic public policy, the economy, or the
cultural memory of the American people than the tragic events of September
11, 2001.  The September 11 Digital Archive at George Mason University, with
some 150,000 items, is the largest public collection of digital materials
produced in the wake of those terrible events. Grant funds will transfer the
archive to a stable, standardized, and up-to-date system to ensure long-term
preservation of and access to the digital materials.


Executive Papers and Letterbooks of Gov. Thomas Jefferson, Richmond-
$110,000

The correspondence, letters, and documents pertaining to Thomas Jefferson’s
service as the second governor of Virginia, and now held by the Library of
Virginia, bring to life the daily challenges faced by him and other leaders
during the Revolutionary War, while drafting the Articles of Confederation,
and addressing frontier relations. This Save America’s Treasures grant will
facilitate the preservation and digitization of the collection, ensuring
public access to these valuable materials.


Charles Hoffbauer "Memorial Military" Murals, Richmond* - *$375,000**

 In 1914, the Confederate Memorial Association commissioned the leading
historical muralist of the early twentieth century, Charles Hoffbauer, to do
the *Four Seasons of the Confederacy.* These murals were a response to the
pain and destruction of the nation’s bloodiest war and became symbolic of
the South’s complex perspective on the Civil War. Funds will help repair
flaking and lifting paint, as well as remove layers of grime, soot and
varnish.


Jon Kukla
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