Project Grant P21AP10815

The U.S. National Park Service, through the American Battlefield Protection Program (CFDA 15.926), awarded a $100,245 Project Grant to the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) to enhance the Battle of Fort Pillow historic site. The grant funds will support the development of an augmented reality (AR) mobile application and interpretive waysides to preserve the historic integrity of the battlefield while making it more accessible and engaging for modern audiences. The...

The National Park Service awarded a $169,121 Project Grant under the American Battlefield Protection Program (CFDA 15.926) to the Regents of the University of Michigan - University of Michigan-Dearborn to conduct archaeological investigations and research on the River Raisin Battlefield site in Monroe, Michigan. The project, titled "A More Complete Story of the River Raisin - Phase II of the Battlefield Archaeological Project," will build on previous field surveys to identify,...

The National Park Service awarded a $147,151 American Battlefield Protection Program Project Grant to the Fort Ticonderoga Association, a nonprofit museum located in New York. The funding will support the "Uncovering Liberty Hill: An American Soldiers Camp at Ticonderoga" project, which aims to locate and evaluate the integrity of Revolutionary War soldier huts on Liberty Hill, and create a comprehensive archaeological record of the site's history during its active service from May...

The National Park Service awarded a $113,440.32 Project Grant under the American Battlefield Protection Program (CFDA 15.926) to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania to conduct archaeological field surveys and a cultural landscape study of Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia, PA. The project, titled "Archaeology at Fort Mifflin", aims to gain a better understanding of the daily life of the fort's garrison from 1771 to 1954 and gather data to inform future preservation priorities for...

The National Park Service's American Battlefield Protection Program (CFDA 15.926) awarded a $178,267.85 Project Grant to the United Mine Workers of America on September 24, 2024. The grant will fund the development of a master plan for the long-term preservation and interpretation of the Ludlow Tent Colony Site, a National Historic Landmark where an armed uprising and massacre of UMWA coal miners and their families occurred on April 20, 1914. The project will focus on areas such as educational...

This $129,300 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Park Service's American Battlefield Protection Program (CFDA 15.926) will assist The Society of the Cincinnati in developing an exhibition that interprets the lived experiences of diverse individuals on different sides of the American Revolution through the stories of several major Revolutionary War battles. The exhibition, titled "Voices of Revolution," will focus on the Siege of Yorktown, Battle of Monmouth, Siege of...

This $152,232 Project Grant was awarded on March 26, 2025 by the National Park Service's American Battlefield Protection Program (CFDA 15.928 Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants) to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. The funding supported the non-federal acquisition of the 4.45-acre Nevels Tract at the Chickasaw Bayou Battlefield, with the American Battlefield Trust serving as the land owner and the Mississippi Department of Archives and History as the easement holder. This...

The Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $4,880,990 Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant (CFDA 15.928) to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation to assist in acquiring and permanently preserving the 97.19-acre Spillman Tract at the Brandy Station Battlefield. The American Battlefield Trust, as a sub-recipient, will acquire the property and transfer it to the Commonwealth of Virginia to enable the permanent protection of this historic Civil War battlefield...

The Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $306,929.75 Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant (CFDA 15.928) to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (VA DCR). This grant funding enabled the permanent preservation of 3.0 acres of the Reams Station II Civil War battlefield through a partnership with the American Battlefield Trust. The Trust acquired the Davis Tract land parcel and transferred a conservation easement to the Virginia Board of Historical Resources,...

The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service awarded a $794,245.25 Project Grant under the CFDA 15.928 Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants program to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. The grant funds will be used to assist the state and local communities in acquiring and preserving 7.11 acres of threatened battlefield land at the Cold Harbor Battlefield, which is part of the 384 battlefields identified in the 1993 report on the nation's Civil War battlefields....