Civil
War Preservation Trust The Civil War Preservation Trust is
America's largest non-profit organization devoted to the preservation
of our nation's endangered Civil War battlefield lands. The
Trust also promotes educational programs and heritage tourism
initiatives to inform the public about the war and the fundamental
conflicts that sparked it. The Civil War Preservation Trust
has helped to save more than 14,900 acres of Civil War battlefields.
That's land at more than 81 Civil War battlefields in
18 states! A portion of every sale of Virtual Gettysburg goes
to the Civil War Preservation trust to assist in preserving
our battlefields.
GettysburgAddress.com We'll help you find information on Gettysburg Attractions, Bed and Breakfasts, Dining, Lodging, Museums, Reenactment Information, Antiques, Shops and Battlefield Bus Tours. You may also wish to View our "Information" links. Check out our "BattleCam" which uploads a new Battlefield photograph of McPhearson Ridge (where the first days battle began) every 15 minutes to our website. Maybe you'd like to test your mind with Civil War Trivia, read Lincolns Gettysburg Address, find information on our Calendar of Events, or just plain see what the weathers going to be like.
American
Battlefield Protection Program The American Battlefield Protection
Program (ABPP) promotes the preservation of significant historic
battlefields associated with wars on American soil. The goals
of the program are 1) to protect battlefields and sites associated
with armed conflicts that influenced the course of our history,
2) to encourage and assist all Americans in planning for the
preservation, management, and interpretation of these sites,
and 3) to raise awareness of the importance of preserving
battlefields and related sites for future generations. The
ABPP focuses primarily on land use, cultural resource and
site management planning, and public education.
The
Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association, Inc. The GBPA was founded in 1959 as the
first public/private partnership at Gettysburg. Over
the years, the GBPA played a continuous role in purchasing
endangered battlefield land. Such properties, like the
Meals farm, Timbers farm, Wolf farm, Taney farm, the Colgrove
tract, the Willoughby Run tract, the East Cavalry field tract,
and other parcels have been saved from urban development and
commercialism.
The
Gettysburg Monument Project The Gettysburg Monument Project was
started in 1997, when tours of the Gettysburg National Military
Park began revealing the cracks of time. These monuments were
raised to honor the memories of the troops who fought at Gettysburg.
Many of Pennsylvania's monuments were erected by the Commonwealth
and they contain the state seal. Others were raised by private
organizations, survivors, the federal government, etc. the
Pennsylvania Memorial »
(click photos to enlarge) The Park Service inherited the problem
of monument restoration and preservation, and park staff has
tried to do its best with the resources available. Not all
of the monuments are in need of serious repair, however many
are. We need to address not only the serious needs, but must
also keep in mind that it is more cost-effective to take good
care now of those monuments that only need general cleaning
and repair work, before they too become serious and expensive
problems.
Friends
of the National Parks at Gettysburg Friends
of the National Parks at Gettysburg is a national leader
in battlefield landscape preservation, land protection, monument
restoration, and education. FNPG's 21,000 members and supporters
nationwide uphold the organization's mission to support, protect,
and enhance--on behalf of all generations of American people--the
resources associated with the National Parks at Gettysburg,
the Battle of Gettysburg, and the Eisenhower National Historic
Site. To date, the Friends has spent $5,215,000 for preservation
at Gettysburg.
Other Links:
Pennsylvania
in the Civil War Contains a summary of Pennsylvania's
role in the Civil War as well as genealogy information
on Civil War personnel.Their purpose is to be the premier
site for on-line resources for Pennsylvania Genealogy.
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