Park Plans Coalesce in Culpeper County
Update June 2024: Culpeper Battlefields State Park is now open! For more information about its dedication on June 8, 2024, park accessibility and...
American Battlefield Trust, Preservation Community Disappointed by Vote To Permit Massive Data Centers Adjacent to Manassas Battlefield
(Manassas, Va.) — The hearing started after dinner, but hundreds of local citizens waited patiently until after midnight — and conservation and...
American Battlefield Trust Targets Land at Three Revolutionary War Sites — Two of Which Boast Connections to Additional Conflicts
(Washington, D.C.) — In its latest land preservation campaign, the American Battlefield Trust, the nation’s leading historic land preservation...
American Battlefield Trust Mourns Passing of Coach Vince Dooley, Football Legend and Ardent Preservationist
(Athens, Ga.) — The American Battlefield Trust joins the outpouring of grief following the passing of Coach Vince Dooley today at age 90. Although...
Victory at Champion Hill, Mississippi! Trust Efforts Ensure a Further 498 Acres Saved Forever
(Hinds County, Miss.) — In mid-May 1863, the decisive battle of the Vicksburg Campaign unfolded across land then owned by Sid and Matilda Champion...
Urgent Action Required to Stabilize Portions of Vicksburg National Military Park Closed for Nearly Three Years by Catastrophic Rain and Erosion
(Vicksburg, Miss.) — Preservation and conservation organizations, led by the nonprofit American Battlefield Trust, are calling on Congress to take...