Military Historian Rick Atkinson Wins $50,000 American Battlefield Trust Prize for History for The Fate of the Day, Second Volume in Masterful Revolutionary War Trilogy
(Washington, D.C.) — Military historian and Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson has captured the third-annual American Battlefield Trust Prize for...
American Battlefield Trust Celebrates Successful Completion of Ambitious, $165 Million Capital Campaign
(Washington, D.C.) — Just 15 months after entering the public phase of a capital campaign timed to commemorate the nation’s 250th birthday, the...
Victory at Manassas! Prince William Digital Gateway Project Dead After Developer Drops Appeal
(Manassas, Va.) — In a major win for the Manassas Battlefield, and the wider historic preservation movement, the years-long fight to halt a colossal...
For the First Time in a Century, Major Preservation Effort Underway at Chalmette, War of 1812’s Last Battle
(NEW ORLEANS, La.) — A major tract on the Chalmette Battlefield, where General Andrew Jackson, known to history as “Old Hickory,” fought to victory in...
Help Protect a Tree Older Than Our Nation!
(Washington, D.C.) — In celebration of Giving 4th — a national initiative by America 250 to mark the nation’s Semiquicentennial anniversary through...
Trust-Saved Tract at Gettysburg Featured in President Trump’s “Make America Beautiful Again” Report
(Washington, D.C.) — Today, in celebration of America’s 250th birthday, President Donald J. Trump unveiled the Make America Beautiful Again report...
