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Albany, New York (AFP) - New York State contributed 448,000 troops and $ 150 million to the cause of the Union during the Civil War, not to mention tons of untold, supplies, guns, food and ammunition.
But with the 150 anniversary of the war began only months away, and the new government for New York state has so far failed to scrounge up the U.S. dollar and one to celebrate the struggle she played a major role in this win.
New York is not alone. Other states burdened by budget problems similar is unable or unwilling to allocate taxpayer money to restore the historic legislation and museum exhibits are placed when public sector employees and reduced services.
Even down South Carolina, where shots were fired in the first war on Fort Sumter in April 1861, to provide public funding for organizations planning events in the Palmetto State.
"State money is right now hard to find anything," said historian and a new New York State Robert Weible. "This is life. We all live with that."
Have formed at least 21 states, commissions or committees or initiatives to celebrate the 150 anniversary of the bloodiest war in America, starting next year, and falling in 2015. Of those states, Virginia and Pennsylvania, seems to be leading the way in efforts to plan, promote and stage celebrations civil war.
"Most countries have very little funding or limited," said Cheryl Jackson, Executive Director of the Virginia sesquicentennial of the American Civil War. "This is not unique among the States, what you find in New York."
Jackson said that the organization received the Virginia annual $ 2 million appropriation from the state since 2008. Three out of every five Civil War battles that erupted in the state of Virginia, Home of the Confederate capital, Richmond, and some of the greatest generals of the South, including the Robert E. Lee.
"Virginia had its share of scars, and many of them are still there, so it is natural that the State shall take the lead," said James I. "Bud" Robertson Jr., a history professor at Virginia Tech and a member of the State Committee.
Pennsylvania has been able to collect nearly $ 5 million in government funding to celebrate the event, including $ 800,000 in federal grants, according to Barbara Franco, Executive Director of the Historical Society and Museum of Pennsylvania.
Key, she said, and the decision to the state of Pennsylvania to begin planning in 2007, just before it screwed up the economy and government coffers withered. He added, in addition to that, Franco, Pennsylvania did not wait for Congress to get around to the establishment of a national civil war, something the legislators in Washington, DC, so far failed to do.
At the federal level, the National Parks of the civil service and coordinate the events of war have been planned through 2015 more than 75 battlefields, historic sites, as well as in museums and other sites managed by the private sector.
Soldiers at the state level, and various local groups and regional and is going to mobilize the necessary resources for the anniversary of the events of 150.
"National committees are useful in some cases, and sometimes they do not benefit," said Franco. "Perhaps this popular approach provides more opportunities to get down to the real issues of a national committee will not be able to do it."
New York until now do not plan to establish a commission to revive the memory of the civil war. Weible, but said talks had already begun between his office and local entities relevant history in order to find ways to commemorate the anniversary of the war in the coming years.
"Our concern right now is trying to get everyone on the same page and to cooperate with each other and talk with people who do not usually speak," he said. "You do not need money to make good things happen. It's nice if you can get it, but we are working with what we have."
What's in New York to work with is a deep well of resources of the civil war, although no battles were fought on its soil.
They also discussed the new urban communities, large and small New York in some way during the civil war, and many still have the evidence to prove it, of old industrial sites that supplied Union troops to the extensive collections of artifacts held by state and local museums. In addition to providing most of the soldiers during the war, New York suffered more casualties, killing 46,000. Can be found on the monuments and memorials for their sacrifices in all parts of the State.
Said Michael Aikey, director of New York's Museum of military in the State Saratoga Springs, home to more than 850 flags of Civil War battle more than 200 Infantry New York, cavalry and artillery units served in the campaign of nearly every war, from Gettysburg to Vicksburg, the largest group in the country.
Can be found at all lived in New York, museums and historic sites in the north of the mandate of their names - prominent figures of the era - including William Seward, Harriet Tubman, John Brown, Frederick Douglass and Ulysses S. Grant.
With such ties to its history of civil war, New York is counting on local historians, and re-enactment groups and about 20 round tables of civil war throughout the country to help organize the anniversary celebrations, without any government funding.
"We must of course the memory of those soldiers are not," said Patrick Falci of Queens, the former head of the table on Civil War tour of New York City. "Our mission is to keep it going. What happened down there made us what we are today."
Although there is no formal role in New York, he Weible some of the heritage of the state in the war between the States and will be honored properly over the next five years.
"In summary, we have a great story," he said. "Do not worry. Things happen, and we're going to make this work."
But with the 150 anniversary of the war began only months away, and the new government for New York state has so far failed to scrounge up the U.S. dollar and one to celebrate the struggle she played a major role in this win.
New York is not alone. Other states burdened by budget problems similar is unable or unwilling to allocate taxpayer money to restore the historic legislation and museum exhibits are placed when public sector employees and reduced services.
Even down South Carolina, where shots were fired in the first war on Fort Sumter in April 1861, to provide public funding for organizations planning events in the Palmetto State.
"State money is right now hard to find anything," said historian and a new New York State Robert Weible. "This is life. We all live with that."
Have formed at least 21 states, commissions or committees or initiatives to celebrate the 150 anniversary of the bloodiest war in America, starting next year, and falling in 2015. Of those states, Virginia and Pennsylvania, seems to be leading the way in efforts to plan, promote and stage celebrations civil war.
"Most countries have very little funding or limited," said Cheryl Jackson, Executive Director of the Virginia sesquicentennial of the American Civil War. "This is not unique among the States, what you find in New York."
Jackson said that the organization received the Virginia annual $ 2 million appropriation from the state since 2008. Three out of every five Civil War battles that erupted in the state of Virginia, Home of the Confederate capital, Richmond, and some of the greatest generals of the South, including the Robert E. Lee.
"Virginia had its share of scars, and many of them are still there, so it is natural that the State shall take the lead," said James I. "Bud" Robertson Jr., a history professor at Virginia Tech and a member of the State Committee.
Pennsylvania has been able to collect nearly $ 5 million in government funding to celebrate the event, including $ 800,000 in federal grants, according to Barbara Franco, Executive Director of the Historical Society and Museum of Pennsylvania.
Key, she said, and the decision to the state of Pennsylvania to begin planning in 2007, just before it screwed up the economy and government coffers withered. He added, in addition to that, Franco, Pennsylvania did not wait for Congress to get around to the establishment of a national civil war, something the legislators in Washington, DC, so far failed to do.
At the federal level, the National Parks of the civil service and coordinate the events of war have been planned through 2015 more than 75 battlefields, historic sites, as well as in museums and other sites managed by the private sector.
Soldiers at the state level, and various local groups and regional and is going to mobilize the necessary resources for the anniversary of the events of 150.
"National committees are useful in some cases, and sometimes they do not benefit," said Franco. "Perhaps this popular approach provides more opportunities to get down to the real issues of a national committee will not be able to do it."
New York until now do not plan to establish a commission to revive the memory of the civil war. Weible, but said talks had already begun between his office and local entities relevant history in order to find ways to commemorate the anniversary of the war in the coming years.
"Our concern right now is trying to get everyone on the same page and to cooperate with each other and talk with people who do not usually speak," he said. "You do not need money to make good things happen. It's nice if you can get it, but we are working with what we have."
What's in New York to work with is a deep well of resources of the civil war, although no battles were fought on its soil.
They also discussed the new urban communities, large and small New York in some way during the civil war, and many still have the evidence to prove it, of old industrial sites that supplied Union troops to the extensive collections of artifacts held by state and local museums. In addition to providing most of the soldiers during the war, New York suffered more casualties, killing 46,000. Can be found on the monuments and memorials for their sacrifices in all parts of the State.
Said Michael Aikey, director of New York's Museum of military in the State Saratoga Springs, home to more than 850 flags of Civil War battle more than 200 Infantry New York, cavalry and artillery units served in the campaign of nearly every war, from Gettysburg to Vicksburg, the largest group in the country.
Can be found at all lived in New York, museums and historic sites in the north of the mandate of their names - prominent figures of the era - including William Seward, Harriet Tubman, John Brown, Frederick Douglass and Ulysses S. Grant.
With such ties to its history of civil war, New York is counting on local historians, and re-enactment groups and about 20 round tables of civil war throughout the country to help organize the anniversary celebrations, without any government funding.
"We must of course the memory of those soldiers are not," said Patrick Falci of Queens, the former head of the table on Civil War tour of New York City. "Our mission is to keep it going. What happened down there made us what we are today."
Although there is no formal role in New York, he Weible some of the heritage of the state in the war between the States and will be honored properly over the next five years.
"In summary, we have a great story," he said. "Do not worry. Things happen, and we're going to make this work."
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