The Tennessee Wars Commission and Tennessee Historical Commission have announced they will begin accepting grant applications on October 2nd for both the Tennessee Wars Commission Fund grant program and the Tennessee Civil War Sites Preservation Fund grant program. The Tennessee Wars Commission Grant Fund provides funding to protect and interpret Tennessee’s historic military sites ranging from the French and Indian War through the American Civil War era. Since 1994, this grant program has funded over one hundred different projects preserving, protecting, and interpreting the military heritage of Tennessee and Tennesseans.