When we learned about one big developer’s plan to build eight multi-story apartment buildings with 112 apartments covering 15 acres on the very land that saw some of the earliest and most dramatic moments of the Battle of Gettysburg, we did what we had to do.
In October we launched an urgent plea to raise $375,000 before the November 20th deadline to secure the downpayment on our multi-year campaign “First Blood at Willoughby’s Run.”
And although you and hundreds of your fellow Trust members gave generously to save this land at Gettysburg, we still came up $78,000 short.
Faced with this urgent threat at Gettysburg, we dipped into our rainy-day fund and reallocated money earmarked for other priorities to meet the November 20th deadline so we could prevent the construction of those apartments on hallowed ground.
Who knows what would have happened if we hadn’t stepped up to save this land at Gettysburg...
But now, we’ll either have to borrow money at today’s sky-high interest rates, or we’ll end up being forced to let other important preservation opportunities slip through our fingers. Because in the battlefield preservation world, either we come up with the funds, or the bulldozers and steamrollers rev up their engines.
Please help us raise the remaining $78,000 needed for the downpayment on Gettysburg. If we work together and 1,000 generous folks give at least $78 each, we’ll reach our goal.
Any gift you contribute today will help.
'Til the battle is won,
David N. Duncan, President
American Battlefield Trust