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The Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) is a federal program that, since its establishment by Congress in 2001, has granted millions of dollars $47,750,971 through 2013 to about 800 projects of foreign governments seeking to preserve historic structures and institutions. Administered by the Cultural Heritage Center at the State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, AFCP is little known to the American public. Grants are made on the basis of recommendations by U.S. ambassadors for purposes including “the restoration of ancient and historic buildings, assessment and conservation of rare manuscripts and museum collections, preservation and protection of important archaeological sites, and the documentation of vanishing traditional craft techniques and indigenous languages.”
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The college was built back in 1870 initially to educate newly emapcipated slaves
Feb 22, 2021 8:49 PM EST
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Duckett Hall one of the five historic buildings on the HBCU’s campus that is expected to undergo preservation with $65 thousand dollar grant.
Columbia, SC (WOLO) Benedict College is getting a huge grant the school plans to reinvest in the historically black college.
College officials say the $65 thousand dollar donation from the National Trust for Historic Preservation by way of the HBCU Cultural Heritage Initiative, will be used to make to help preserve the cultural and historical integrity of the facility for generations to come.