National Endowment for the Humanities in conjunction with the American Library Association, has awarded a grant to the Wisconsin Veterans Museum at Madison for a library-based initiative called “Making Sense of the American Civil War.” WVM was selected to administer a statewide reading and discussion program for libraries, museums, and other cultural institutions. The museum is tasked with selecting four sites for the 2012-2013 calendar year to host a series of five sessions where participants discuss books by Geraldine Brooks, James McPherson, and an anthology edited by Edward L. Ayers. The Wisconsin Veterans Museum will be the repository for 100 copies of each of these books, to be disseminated throughout the stage to host institutions. The WVM said it looks forward to working with the host institutions and scholars to facilitate life--long learning among Wisconsin’s citizens.