American Battlefield Trust
How We Became America: The Untold History
Not everything worth knowing exists inside the cover of our history textbooks. This new short video series is here to fill in the gaps and bring new stories to life.
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Join Us for Teacher Appreciation Week
Celebrate and honor a special teacher in your life while helping to foster a better understanding of American history in the classroom, on the web and at historic sites.
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Mike Talplacido
Vital Land is At Risk at Gettysburg and Bristoe Station
Please give today to ensure these 28 critical acres of hallowed ground are saved forever, before it's too late!
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Library of Congress
What Everyone Should Know About the Civil War
The Civil War profoundly shaped the United States as we know it today. Here are ten basic facts you need to know about America's defining struggle.
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Working to Save America’s Battlefields
Cover of Hallowed Ground Magazine, featuring a cannon and title 'All-American Irregulars' sits atop an aerial view with field, river and mountains
All-American Irregulars
From the spring issue of the Trust's membership magazine "Hallowed Ground," explore the proud and rich heritage of elite units of our military — the philosophy and spirit of adaptability of which stretches to our colonial and Revolutionary past.
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Slaughter Pen Farm at Sunset
Slaughter Pen Farm Still Needs You
Together, we've come so far on saving this battlefield land at Slaughter Pen Farm, but our work is not complete. Please give now to continue the fight to help save this hallowed ground at the Fredericksburg Battlefield!
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