State Liquor Stores Philadelphia

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State Liquor Stores Philadelphia

State Liquor Stores Philadelphia

Pennsylvania already has announced its commemoration plans for the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. The celebration will highlight the Commonwealth’s paramount role through traveling exhibits, special events and a content-rich web site that will extend beyond 2015.

Convened at the request of Governor Edward G. Rendell, Pennsylvania Civil War 150 is a unified statewide alliance aimed to attract visitors to historic sites and events while enriching the experience of participants county by county.

The dynamic web site will unlock the incredible personal stories of Pennsylvania residents who fought on the battlefield or remained at home. It also will showcase the vast Civil War collections of the state’s museums and historical societies, and it will outline the state’s numerous heritage tourism attractions and trip-planning resources.

The Pennsylvania Civil War Road Show will be a traveling museum experience housed in a 53-foot tractor trailer that will bring interactive exhibits and unique programming to all 67 counties in the state beginning in 2011. The traveling exhibit will encourage residents and organizations in each locality to share their stories and artifacts from the Civil War years.

Philadelphia Museum Treasures

Since the closing of the Civil War Museum on Pine Street in Philadelphia more than a year ago, at least 3,000 artifacts have remained off limits to the public. The items include muskets, sidearms and flags carried into battles along with the actual wool uniforms and glistening swords worn by officers. They are stored in crates, bubble wrap and archival boxes, and they have been locked away at an undisclosed storage facility in the city.

With the approaching sesquicentennial, plans have been finalized to place these treasures back on display elsewhere in Philadelphia and in Gettysburg while the Civil War Museum searches for a new home.