Legacies of war: memorials and memories of the american civil war & the vietnam war [?legacies of war: memorials and memories of the american civil war and the vietnam war? Is a collaborative…

National University received a $100,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162), effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2026. The award supports "Legacies of War: Memorials and Memories of the American Civil War & the Vietnam War," a collaborative initiative coordinated through the university's School of Arts, Letters, and Sciences in partnership with the Veteran Center and veteran-student alumni. The project delivers a five-month structured discussion program conducted under the NEH "Dialogues on the Experiences of War" grant framework, in which participants meet twice monthly to examine the historical legacies of the American Civil War and Vietnam War and their continuing impact on U.S. cultural and political discourse.

The primary deliverable is an educational discussion program that engages faculty, veterans, and alumni participants in sustained dialogue regarding how these two conflicts have shaped contemporary American society. By integrating humanities scholarship with veteran perspectives and institutional expertise, the project strengthens humanities education while fostering meaningful civic engagement around war history and its ongoing relevance to the nation's cultural landscape.

Legacies of war: memorials and memories of the american civil war & the vietnam war [?legacies of war: memorials and memories of the american civil war and the vietnam war? Is a collaborative project between faculty in national university?s school of arts, letters, and sciences, veteran center, veteran-student alumni, and participants from our previous program to conduct a year-long training and discussion program under the auspices of the NEH ?dialogues on the experiences of war? Grant. IT is a five-month long dialogues on the experience of war discussion program in which participants meet twice monthly to discuss the legacies of two wars and how they continue to shape the cultural and political landscape in the U.S.]