Series: 2022 Battlefield Restoration Grant Highlights

In its first year, 4 Battlefield Restoration Grants were awarded to preservation partners totaling $345,206.

• Article 1: Promoting Parks – 2022 Battlefield Restoration Grant Year in Review

  

  With Director’s priority, “Invest in the future of Parks,” NPS ABPP launched the first year of our Battlefield Restoration Grant program which funds the efforts of preservation partners to restore battlefield landscapes to day-of-battle conditions. Read more about the projects funded in 2022. Read more

• Article 2: Restoring a Gateway to Gettysburg: The View from Seminary Ridge

  

  NPS ABPP has awarded a 2022 Battlefield Restoration Grant to the American Battlefield Trust to develop a treatment plan for historic properties at Seminary Ridge, a gateway to Gettysburg National Military Park. The restoration plan for civilian buildings that witnessed the battle will provide visitors with a vantage on the first day of this Civil War turning point. Read more

• Article 3: Brandy Station: Restoring the Field that Made the Union Cavalry

  

  This NPS ABPP Restoration Grant supports the American Battlefield Trust’s comprehensive study of Brandy Station Battlefield which will document historical and archeological resources and explore lesser-known stories on land soon to be incorporated into Virginia’s new Culpeper Battlefields State Park. Read more

• Article 4: Third Winchester: Restoring Order in the Landscape of Memory

  

  With a 2022 Battlefield Restoration Grant from NPS ABPP’s newest program, the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation will build on the 2009 acquisition of Huntsberry Farm at Third Winchester Battlefield with the installation of period fencing to help restore the 1864 landscape. Read more

• Article 5: The Road to New Market– Clearing Ground for a Greenway Trail

  

  With a 2022 Battlefield Restoration Grant from NPS ABPP, the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation will clear ground to integrate the River Road property at New Market Battlefield into a greenway trail linking the historic downtown to nearly 400 protected acres. Read more