Command and General Staff College Foundation News - 4

FROM THE CEO

A campaign for art
by Col. Douglas L. Tystad, U.S. Army, Ret.
the fOunDatiOn is embarking On a capitaL campaign
cgsc art anD gift collection and I hope
you will join us. This is a major effort to preserve, promote,
and celebrate the collection both within the College and
as an outreach opportunity to educate and engage the
American people about their College
and Army. We have named our
campaign the "Art of War - Gifts
of Peace" initiative to recognize that
while much of the collection has a
martial or warrior theme, the pieces
were given in the spirit of friendship
and peace.
The collection has more than
3,800 pieces, many of which are on
display throughout the Lewis and
Clark Center and other buildings on
campus, including Eisenhower Hall
and Army University headquarters. While there are older
pieces on display, the oldest piece in the collection record
is from 1943. Each year the collection grows as visiting
dignitaries leave behind gifts, the CGSC class presents an
annual gift, the international military students often present
gifts, and interested people of all nationalities give many
exquisite gifts of military-themed art. Our top priority is
to build a gift collection archive that is searchable and
shareable. - All other tasks in the initiative flow from that.
tO suppOrt the

Our campaign envisions five major tasks:
Preserve - Archive the collection in a shareable and
searchable format to promote research and education.
Promote - Publish a book about the collection.
Present - Professionally exhibit the collection inside and
outside the college to educate and
celebrate its unique nature.
Plan - Create an endowment to
continue the program annually.
Protect - Help develop storage
capabilities to ensure the future of the
collection.
We are excited about this campaign.
It will provide a lasting legacy to the
College while helping the Foundation
along the way. We have established a
goal of $3 million over the next three
years in order to adequately fund the
tasks. That's a tall order, but one we believe can be met with
everyone's help.
The campaign has begun and we have launched website at
www.theartofwarinitiative.org. We have teamed with the Todd
Weiner Gallery in Kansas City to help promote the project and
provide the artistic and creative expertise to complete the tasks
successfully. This is a unique campaign that will benefit our
students, faculty, the fort, and the entire community. We hope
that you will be generous to help to realize the goal.

Our top priority is
to build a gift collection
archive that is searchable
and shareable - All other
tasks in the initiative
flow from that.

The Art of War Initiative Logo

4 - CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS

The "Art of War - Gifts of Peace" logo is based on an perseverance & justice." The silver/metallic background is
actual gift given to the college by the Chief of Hellenic
symbolic of strength, purity, truth, peace, and sincerity. The
Army General Staff Lieutenant General Manoussos
three stars in the logo are symbolic of the level of
Paragioudakis who served as chief of the Greek
command (The CGSC commandant is a threeF
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Army from 1999-2002. The Corinthian helmet
star general) at the College. The College is
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and its associated history have made it a very
also operating in its third century (founded
publicly recognizable symbol of strength
in 19th, matured in the 20th, growing in
over the years. The blue color of the text
the 21st century). The three stars are also
in the logo is the blue color in the chevron
symbolic of the rank of founding chairman
of the CGSC crest. This blue is symbolic
and current chairman of the Foundation,
not only of the blue in the CGSC crest,
who are both 3-star generals that served at
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but it carries any number of other meanings
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in military history. Blue is the U.S. Army
In the coming weeks the Foundation will
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Infantry/Special Forces color; blue is the primary
begin recognizing those who donate to the
recognizable United Nations color; and last, but
initiative with an "Art of War - Gifts of Peace"
certainly not least, blue in the U.S. flag signifies "vigilance,
challenge coin, which is currently in production.

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