[267] Photo Contest Focuses on Tennessee's Civil War Heritage

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marge Davis
Scenic Tennessee
Tel: 615-758-8647
Email: margedavis@comcast.net
Or
Jennifer Butt, Program Assistant
Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area, MTSU
Tel: 615-217-8013
Email: heritage@mtsu.edu

PHOTO CONTEST FOCUSES ON TENNESSEE’S CIVIL WAR HERITAGE

Murfreesboro, TN – February 7, 2012:

In recognition of the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War, Scenic Tennessee’s 18th annual (now biennial) photo contest commemorates Tennessee’s distinctive Civil War sites and landscapes. Scenic Tennessee, in partnership with the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area, invites submissions to “Living Legacies: Capturing the Scenic Beauty of Tennessee’s Civil War Heritage.”

Since 1989, Scenic Tennessee has worked to protect, honor and enhance all of Tennessee’s scenic assets, including those that convey its history and heritage. The Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area’s mission is to tell the whole story of America’s greatest challenge, 1860-1875, through historic sites across the state, such as farms, buildings, cemeteries and monuments. The Center for Historic Preservation at Middle Tennessee State University administers the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area, which is a partnership unit of the National Park Service. This partnership-based effort preserves, enhances and interprets the legacy of the Civil War and its aftermath across the state.

The “Living Legacies” photo contest has three goals: (1) To commemorate the sesquicentennial anniversary of the American Civil War across the state of Tennessee. (2) To use photography to tell Tennessee’s full Civil War story, by capturing its military, home front, occupation and emancipation landscapes. (3) To showcase the photographer’s art in framing, interpreting and deepening our understanding of those places and times.

The Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area partners with the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development and the Tennessee Department of Transportation to implement the statewide Tennessee Civil War Trails marker and signage program. Contest entrants are encouraged to use the Trails marker program as a guide to find numerous subjects across the state, including historic landscapes, period buildings and architecture, monuments and final resting places. Go to www.civilwartrails.org to follow the Trail throughout the state.

An online brochure outlining the categories and submission guidelines can be accessed at www.scenictennessee.org; click on Photo Contest. The contest ends April 1st, 2012, with the winning photographs exhibited at The Heritage Center of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County (www.hcmrc.org) from June through August 2012. The winning photographs exhibit will then travel to other places across the state. For further information about the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area, go to www.tncivilwar.org.