Preservation Champions
Preservation Champions are men and women of all ages and backgrounds — including authors, activists, journalists, philanthropists and public servants — who have gone above and beyond in their support for America’s battlefields. They are the sentries of history who have distinguished themselves in safeguarding the hallowed grounds on which is written the story of our nation, from the early battles of the Revolution through the crucible of the Civil War.
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Graduate, University of Virginia; President and CEO, Silver Eagle Distributors, Inc.; Chairman of... |
 In the spring of 2014, when the Trust announced its fundraising campaign to purchase 665 acres of... |
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Of all the decisionmakers who have championed the Civil War Trust’s mission in the halls of... |
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Manuel Lujan served as the secretary of the interior under George H.W. Bush from 1989 to 1993. |
 Rob Wittman lives in Westmoreland County and has represented Virginia’s First Congressional... |
 The new year marked a special kind of transition for American history lovers, as Kay Jorgensen,... |
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Supporters of the Civil War Trust contribute to the cause of battlefield preservation in many ways... |
 Growing up in Sarepta, La., and now living near Nashville, Tenn., I have spent much of my life... |
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Edwin Cole Bearss was born in Billings, Montana, on June 26, 1923. He grew up on his grandfather's... |
Chris Calkins worked for the National Park Service for 34 years and served at Appomattox Court... |
Charlie Crawford is the President of the Georgia Battlefields Association, a non-profit... |
Dennis Frye is the chief historian at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park and the author of... |
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Longtime Trust Board member Bruce C. Gottwald has been a driving force for battlefield preservation... |
Clark B. "Bud" Hall is a historian and preservationist who has written widely on the role of... |
 Novelist and preservationist Robert Hicks is the troubadour of Franklin, Tenn. In a recent... |
Over 30 years in office, Virginia House of Delegates Speaker William C. Howell has become the... |
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