A critical piece of land, at the heart of what is now the Brandywine Battlefield National Historic Corridor, remained the only unprotected piece of the battlefield until we enabled its purchase through a loan to the Brandywine Conservancy. Read about the role of this land in the Revolutionary War.
Read more>Camp Security Park is one of only a handful of POW camps established during the Revolutionary War era that have not been lost to residential or commercial development. We protected a 115-acre refuge of green pastures, known as the Walters Farm, named one of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places back in 2005 by the
National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Read more>Fort Davis is one of the best examples of a frontier military post in the American Southwest. Best known as the headquarters for the first African-American Army regiments known as the Buffalo Soldiers, who were stationed here during the late 1800s, Fort Davis serves as a reminder of the significant role played by the military in the settlement and development of the western frontier.
Read more>The Fund established its Japanese-American Internment Camp Preservation Initiative to acquire the lands once used as campsites where more than 120,000 Japanese-Americans were held during World War II.
Read more>Through its Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Initiative, the Fund and its partners have set aside more than 25,000 acres along the Corps of Discovery’s 1804 route from Illinois to the Pacific Ocean and the 1806 journey back.
Read more>We helped add 26,000 acres full of fossils and archaeological sites to the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. See images and learn more about this truly unique American landscape that is now protected.
Read more>Though the name may imply lands covered in wooly white creatures, this historic farm is significant for other reasons. Find out how we helped the town of Groton save this land and preserve its history.
Read more>The Conservation Fund helped secure the Spruce Hill Earthworks, a walled ceremonial site in central Ohio that is thought to have been built by the Hopewell culture nearly 2,000 years ago.
Read more>The Fund and its partners are ensuring that these lands are preserved in solemn tribute to the 40 brave Americans who lost their lives near rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001.
Read more>The Fund was pleased to assist the U.S. Forest Service in acquiring Cooney's Tomb, a historic landmark located in New Mexico's Gila National Forest. This interesting looking historic tomb and surrounding land had been privately owned but were surrounded entirely by public land. The tomb, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is all that is left of a mining town and attracts curious tourists.
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