FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 8, 2016
press contact:
Cassie Barrow
www.georgiacivilwar.org
770.468.4313
Essay Contest for School Students
ATLANTA, GA – The Georgia Civil War Commission invites all Georgia students in Kindergarten to 6th to participate in the Commission’s Inaugural Civil War Art Contest. Participants are requested to submit original artwork on this year’s theme: The Common Georgia Soldier. This contest is to encourage students to learn more about Georgia’s rich and intricate Civil War history.
Winners are selected in each grade category, Kindergarten to 3rd and 4th to 6th grades. The first-place winner of each category will win a $200 cash prize. All artwork must be postmarked on or before February 2, 2017 to be considered. Mail all entries to 621 Forrest Ave, Griffin, GA 30224. Do not fold or bend the artwork. Each entry must include a separate sheet stating the entrant’s name, grade, teacher’s name, name of school (or homeschooled), parent’s name, address, contact number, and email address. For additional questions, please contact Cassie Barrow, Chief of Staff of the Georgia Civil War Commission, at the above email.
About Georgia Civil War Commission
The Georgia Civil War Commission was created by the 1993 Georgia General Assembly. Its mandate, as spelled out in Senate Resolution 21, is to coordinate planning, preservation, and promotion of structures, buildings, sites, and battlefields associated with this significant period of our common heritage. The Commission is to develop a State of Georgia Civil War Sites Heritage plan. The plan will promote heritage tourism and provide incentives to local landowners and local governments to preserve Civil War battlefields and historic sites. The Commission is to acquire or provide funds for the acquisition of Civil War battlefields, cemeteries, and other historic properties. The Commission can receive and accept loans, gifts, grants, donations or contributions of property.
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