Civil War Trails Inc

Marker Maintenance: Civil War Trails, Inc. is constantly working to ensure an accessible, engaging, and well-maintained amenities for travelers of all ages and interest levels. As part of those efforts, 122 signs received repairs, replacement parts, new paint, and/or updated content Including but not limited to new text and media. Each Civil War Trails site is also supported by a system of directional "trailblazer" signs which also receive replacement parts, repairs, or related services as-needed.

Map-guide Reprinting: Civil War Trails, Inc. works with our partners including state and municipal travel offices, destination marketing organizations, and other municipal partners to promote travel to each of the Civil War Trails sites. Updates to and publication of the Civil War Trails map-guides are one of our main methods of promoting the sites and stories. During the fiscal year staff updated, including edits to the content and artwork for each of the five primary map-guides, being one for each partnering state office. Additionally, our team was tasked with providing edits to the Civil War Trails pieces which the Maryland Office of Tourism elects to print as an elective. Together their map-guides promote the sites in Pennsylvania, Maryland, West, Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina.

Form 990, Part III, Line 4D, Other Program Services: During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024 our program staff worked alongside state and municipal tourism offices, non-profit organizations, and institutional partners to highlight the wide breadth of sites, stories, parks, and museums which are part of the Civil War Trails program. This includes purchases of advertising space in print and digital outlets, such as magazines, newspapers, podcasts, social media channels, and attendance at conferences and/or consumer/trade shows.