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The Trustees

          The museum was established in 1923 by American Legion’s Braxton-Perkins Post #25 as the American Legion Memorial Museum.  The City of Newport News assumed overall administration of the Museum in the 1930's.
          From 1923 to 1986, the Board of Directors assisted the museum with curatorial duties, fundraising, and historic preservation.  In 1987, the Virginia War Museum Foundation was established by Newport News City Council and incorporated by the Commonwealth of Virginia to broaden public support for the Virginia War Museum. 

           Today the Foundation supports such issues as Civil War Preservation, historic districts and homes, military history, Hampton Roads history, and the mission of the Virginia War Museum.  Some members elect to support the Museum's Civil War house museums, Lee Hall Mansion and The Civil War at Endview.  Today the Foundation has an elected Board of Trustees.

          The foundation is an IRS 501(c)3 classified non-profit organization.  Your membership to the Virginia War Museum Foundation is a charitable donation and is tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

         

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