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    Andersonville

    National Historic Site Georgia

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Support Your Park

Park rangers and volunteers working together
Park rangers depend on the support of volunteers and partners, including the American Ex-Prisoners of War, to achieve our mission.
NPS/Alan Marsh
 

Do your part
America's National Parks belong to everyone. Support from the public is essential to maintain them. This support can come in many forms: financial, gifts of material goods, volunteer efforts, or political support.

Cooperation Association/Bookstore
Eastern National operates the bookstore located in the National Prisoner of War Museum. Proceeds from book sales directly benefit park operates and support interpretive programs and materials. more...

Be a Friend
Founded in 1996, the Friends of Andersonville is a private not-for-profit organization with a mission to support, promote, and raise funds for Andersonville National Historic Site. The Friends of Andersonville has funded a range of critical projects with one common goal, which is to promote Andersonville National Historic Site in the best light possible and to assist the National Park Service with relating the Prisoner of War story to the public sector.
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Give a Gift of Time
Be a part of one of a great team and make a difference! The National Park Service is an equal opportunity employer. A wide variety of volunteer opportunities exist at Andersonville to assist the park in completing its mission.
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Help Leave a Legacy
The Andersonville Trust is administered by the Friends of Andersonville, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that is dedicated to providing assistance to Andersonville National Historic Site, so that the story of Andersonville and the prisoners of war story may be told to all. Tax-deductible gifts support the goals of the park through a wide variety of projects.
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Did You Know?

Drawing of a barbershop inside the Andersonville prison

Inside the Andersonville prison was a vibrant free market economy. Prisoner George Fechtner recounted that, “there were a number of barber shops there where men could get shaved, their hair cut and whiskers dyed, and some of them carried on the doctoring business. They would buy their dyeing articles to work with, their soap and other things, from new arrivals.” Other prisoners operated stores, sold firewood, and repaired clothes and shoes.