This from a CW re-enactor discussion list. Dan Hogan > This is a shame... I visited the MOC a few years > ago. It was > wonderful. It is completely surrounded by massive > medical buildings > from the campus tho. If the Museum goes under - > would they have to > move the Confederate White House? (It was under > discussion I believe) > > > >Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 09:32:32 -0700 (PDT) > >From: DEAN C MARSHALL > <[email protected]> > >Subject: Crisis Alert: the Museum of the > Confederacy > >To: [email protected] > >Cc: [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected] > > > >To All Reenactors and Lovers of History, > > > >No doubt you have heard how deeply in trouble the > Museum of the > >Confederacy is. > >Simply, the Museum is perilously close to > extinction because of a 75% drop in > >visitor attendance primarily due to the > expansionist construction > >activities of the > >University of Virginia Medical Center and > compounded by a most > >recent denial of > >crucial funding by the Virginia State Legislature. > The bottomline, > >the Museum needs > >money immediately, and lots of it. Museum Executive > Director S. > >Waite Rawls has > >sent out a "call to arms" to rally support for the > Museum as the > >gravity of their situation is dire. My name is Dean > Marshall and I > >was a member of the NCWA's > >1st Virginia back in 1989 and was with them for the > filming of > >Dances With Wolves > >in South Dakota. I urge all members to do what they > can as the Museum of the > >Confederacy houses the world's premier collection > of artifacts and > >archives pertaining > >to the history of the Confederacy. Don't allow this > fine institution > >to become another > >victim to the ravages of ignorance and political > correctness. > >Contact them at moc.org > >or 804.649.1861 > > > >Sincerely, > >Dean Charles Marshall > >510.326.1602 Dan Hogan [email protected]