Funding opportunity number P22AS00245TO provide federal financial assistance to state, local and tribal governments, other public entities, educational institutions, and private nonprofit…

Funding opportunity number P22AS00245TO provide federal financial assistance to state, local and tribal governments, other public entities, educational institutions, and private nonprofit organizations to identify, evaluate, interpret, and protect historic battlefields and sites associated with armed conflicts on american soil through non-acquisition projects and activities. The abpp consists of four grant programs, including the battlefield land acquisition grants battlefield interpretation grants battlefield restoration grants and preservation planning grants.award synopsis this grant is for a two-year project to inventory and evaluate existing interpretation and create a new comprehensive interpretation plan for approximately 225 acres of the battle of bladensburg in prince george s county, maryland. Anacostia trails heritage area, a 501C3 non-profit, will manage a consultant to complete the project based on user feedback from diverse groups and new technologies not available during previous interventions. There is more interest in the war of 1812 in maryland since the bicentennial in 2012, and a lot has happened since then including the black lives matter movement, the capital riots, and covid-19. The interpretive interventions, now 10 years old, need to be evaluated and retooled to be accurate and relevant to today s diverse audiences. Deliverables will include an inventory of existing interpretation elements geolocated on a public map, an overview of current approaches and best practices for interpretive solutions in high-density urban areas including new technologies, a survey and analysis of contemporary heritage audiences regionally and nationally, and a final comprehensive scope of work for the interpretation of war of 1812 in the greater bladensburg region.