Buddy Secor
A Victory 16 Years in the Making
Not your average farm, this site decided the fate of Fredericksburg! After a 16-year, $12-million fundraising campaign to ensure its protection, Fredericksburg’s Slaughter Pen Farm is finally saved forever.
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Buddy Secor
Culpeper Battlefields Poised to Become New Virginia State Park
The Virginia state legislature has approved a measure to accept the Trust's donation of 1,700 acres at Brandy Station and Cedar Mountain.
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Buddy Secor
Save 45 Historic Acres at the Battle of Chancellorsville
We have an urgent opportunity to preserve three historic tracts where Jackson’s Flank Attack at Chancellorsville raged. Donate today for a $10.50-to-$1 match to secure this incredibly important hallowed ground.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Help Preserve 311 Acres at Four Historic Battlefields
Four battlefield sites where four legendary Confederate and Union Generals fought are threatened with development. We can’t let this opportunity to save this battlefield slip through our hands.
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Working to Save America’s Battlefields
THree members of the Trust's Youth Leadership walking together at Gettysburg National Military Park
Youth Leadership Team Applications are OPEN
Don’t miss out on this opportunity! Application deadline has been extended to June 15, 2022.
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Virtual Teacher Institute 2022
Attention Educators!
Join us online this July 12-16 for our FREE week-long Virtual Teacher Institute and hear from leading experts, historians, and speakers in the history and education fields.
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