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Photographer: Bernard Fisher
Taken: April 29, 2011
Caption: Civil War Trust
Saving America’s Hallowed Ground
Additional Description: The Civil War Trust is America’s largest nonprofit organization devoted to saving our nation’s endangered Civil War battlefields. During more than twenty years crusading for preservation, The Trust has rescued from sprawl and development more than 30,000 acres of hallowed ground in twenty states.

Sadly, only one in five Civil War battlefields, so vital to our national heritage, is protected. Nearly thirty acres of contested ground are lost every day. If not for the concerted efforts of the Civil War Trust and its partners, the very land you stand on might be a strip mall, a housing development, or a highway interchange. Already, more than 20 percent of Civil War battlefields have been lost forever. Without well-funded, deliberate, and urgent action, future generations will be denied even more of these places where history happened and heroes walked.

Join the fight to save America’s remaining hallowed ground. Tb learn more about the Civil War Trust and how you can help protect battlefields just like this one, visit us on-line at www.civilwar.org or call toll free at (888) 606-1400.

[caption] The Civil War Trust and its partners were able to preserve the beautiful land here at Payne’s Farm forever. - Photo courtesy Garry Adleman

This historic property is preserved thanks in part to a Land and Water Conservation Fund grant administered by the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, American Battlefield Protection Program. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.
Submitted: May 2, 2011, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p151926
File Size: 0.414 Megabytes

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