Governor Jennifer M. Granholm's Executive Order 2007-52 gives the Michigan Historical Commission responsibility for Michigan's commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. The governor's charge can be summarized as:

• fostering authenticity
   
• fostering inclusion
   
• serving as a national/international liaison and
   
• providing information to the public as a clearinghouse.
   
  • See the committee's user-based web site to add your group's events or to find out about commemoration events around the state.

Work Plan

• Read the spring 2012 update of the Civil War Sesquicentennial Work Plan, first approved on November 19, 2009, by the Michigan Historical Commission. [PDF, 20 pp.]

Members

The members of the Michigan Historical Commission Civil War Sesquicentennial Committee are:

John M. Dempsey, Commissioner

Brian James Egen, Commissioner

Edward D. Surovell, Commissioner

Thomas Truscott, Commissioner

Sandra S. Clark, Director, Michigan Historical Center

James A. McConnell, Livonia

Judith L. Tappero, Bloomfield Hills

For more information, please telephone (517) 373-1650 or send e-mail to PatrickM@michigan.gov.

Contact the Michigan Historical Center.

Updated 03/13/2012