I live in Virginia. And I don’t have to drive more than a few miles to walk out onto well-preserved battlefield land — including acres that you helped to preserve!
But I also don’t have to drive far to see where sprawling housing developments and hulking data centers are marring the landscape and encroaching on sacred ground.
I’ve spent most of my life here, and I have never witnessed development pressures at such a fever pitch.
Literally billions of dollars are being invested in land for new development. Which means our efforts to save the battlefield acres we have left have never been more urgent.
That’s why I’m so excited to share with you today we have the opportunity to save nearly 64 acres of hallowed ground at four battlefields in Virginia.
One tract is at Chancellorsville. Two tracts are at First and Second Kernstown. The last is at Ware Bottom Church, a place that's enormously important.
WE HAVE FOUR VIRGINIA BATTLEFIELDS TO SAVE.
And an extraordinary match to save them!
Your gift today can be matched $37-to-1 to preserve battlefield lands facing urgent development threats! Can we count on you?
The Civil War affected all of America, and all Americans. In many ways, it continues to shape us to this day. And Virginia was right in the center of it all.
The total value of this Virginia land is a whopping $2.2 million.
But lucky for us, we have been able to secure more than 97% of the funds through donations and matching grants. All we need now is to raise the final $60,000 to secure 64 acres that helped shape our nation.
This means that every dollar raised toward this final $60,000 will be matched $37-to-$1!
So, imagine for a moment getting 37 times the value out of anything else you might spend your money on...
That’s the equivalent of buying a $40,000 car for less than $1,100, or getting a $300,000 house for less than the closing costs.
By raising $60,000 now, we can save these battlefield tracts before the developers can get their hands on them, and your support will be matched by $37-to-$1!
We're deeply thankful for any contribution you can make today to this worthy cause.
'Til the battle is won,
David N. Duncan
President
American Battlefield Trust
P.S. 18 acres at Chancellorsville. Two lots totaling 40 acres at Kernstown — a double-battlefield! And six acres at Ware Bottom Church, too. Add them all up and you have one of the best opportunities we will have this year to save some of the most valuable, and most coveted, battlefield acres still available in Virginia today.