We are SO close to preserving this twice-hallowed ground at Fredericksburg.

But I’m afraid we’re closing out the year with one more urgent deadline we simply must meet.

We’ve had our eye on this property for years because we knew its enormous significance as the scene of not one, but two Civil War battles. And I’m so grateful to you and every supporter who helped come up with the down payment earlier this year so we could save this land from the bulldozer and the steamroller!

But the year’s end is now here, and we need to raise $100,000 more before December 31st to see the first part of this transaction through.

We must raise $100,000 by 12/31 to save twice-hallowed land in Fredericksburg.

SAVE HALLOWED GROUND IN FREDERICKSBURG

The historic value of this land has been rightly recognized for decades, and not only by us.

The National Park Service erected interpretive signage on Lee’s Hill way back in 1962, and this tract is in plain view of that and other Park Service exhibits.

Yet this land at Fredericksburg is entirely unprotected and always has been. For all these years, the property owners have lived on it, but now, for the first time, the land can be preserved forever.

I know it often feels like we are battling it out for the soul of our nation, that our history is under siege.

But in the end, the victories we’ll secure will help to save these outdoor classrooms for all future generations while honoring those who fell on both sides, defining America’s story.

‘Til the battle is won,

David N. Duncan
President
American Battlefield Trust

P.S. Please make your year-end gift to save this twice-hallowed land at Fredericksburg now. There’s no better way to commemorate the anniversary of the First Battle of Fredericksburg than to finish what we started and ensure this twice-hallowed ground is permanently protected!