Va. Code § 10.1-2212 - Listing of Certain Historical Societies Receiving Appropriations

• Cite as: Va. Code § 10.1-2212

A. At the direction of the Director, the Comptroller of the Commonwealth is instructed and empowered to draw annual warrants upon the State Treasurer, as provided in the general appropriations act, in favor of the treasurers of certain historical societies, museums, foundations, and associations for use in caring for and maintaining collections, exhibits, sites, and facilities owned by such historical organizations, specified as follows:

1. Virginia Historical Society. For aid in maintaining Battle Abbey at Richmond.

2. Confederate Museum at Richmond. For the care of Confederate collections and maintenance of the Virginia Room.

3. Valentine Museum at Richmond. For providing exhibits to the public schools of Virginia.

4. Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation, Incorporated. To aid in restoring and maintaining the Woodrow Wilson home at Staunton.

5. Robert E. Lee Memorial Association, Incorporated. To aid in further development of "Stratford" in Westmoreland County.

6. Poe Foundation, Incorporated. To aid in maintaining the Poe Shrine at Richmond.

7. Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation at Brookneal. To aid in maintaining home.

8. Hanover County Branch, Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. To aid in maintaining the Patrick Henry home at "Scotchtown" in Hanover County.

9. Historic Lexington Foundation. To aid in restoration and maintenance of the Stonewall Jackson home at Lexington.

10. "Oatlands," Incorporated. To aid in maintaining "Oatlands" in Loudoun County.

11. Montgomery County Branch, Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. To aid in maintaining Smithfield Plantation House.

12. The Last Capitol of the Confederacy. For the preservation of the Last Capitol of the Confederacy in Danville.

13. Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. For assistance in maintaining certain historic landmarks throughout the Commonwealth.

14. The Corporation for Jefferson's "Poplar Forest." To aid in restoring, maintaining, and operating "Poplar Forest," Thomas Jefferson's Bedford County home.