Thanks to the partnership between Gettysburg National Military Park, Eisenhower National Historic Site and the Gettysburg Foundation, the National Park Service is putting together plans that would allow the park to proceed with this summer’s 150th battle anniversary programs and as well as most of the park’s spring and summer programs. The Foundation provides financial [...]
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Sequestration Impacts on Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site
March 5th, 2013 
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Wilson’s Creek NB Plans for Sequestration
March 5th, 2013 javal The sequestration, if implemented on March 1, 2013, will force the National Park Service to reduce its budget five percent – $134 million. The battlefield, along with the Midwest Regional Office’s Heartland Inventory & Monitoring program, which is stationed at the battlefield, could be forced to reduce their annual operating budget by $162,000. This reduction [...]
Shiloh Releases New Audio CD on the Battle of Corinth, MS
September 25th, 2012 javal Civil War buffs can now hear the thoughts of those involved in a major Civil War battle. On Friday, September 21, a new audio CD was released by Shiloh National Military Park entitled “Voices of Corinth.” This new CD features the words of participants, both military and civilian, as they describe their experiences of Corinth, [...]
Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield Announces 6th Annual Photo Exhibit Winners
September 13th, 2012 javal Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield announces their 6th Annual PhotoExhibit. Entries were submitted by the Southwest Missouri Camera Club.The entries will be on exhibit, at the battlefield, in the Visitor Center multipurpose room, from September 1, 2012, through September 15, 2012. The visitor’s center is open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., seven days a week. [...]
Study calls for demolition of Gettysburg Cyclorama building
August 29th, 2012 javal The Cemetery Ridge area of the Gettysburg battlefield could soon look more like it did during the historic three-day Civil War battle nearly 150 years ago. An environmental study conducted by the National Park Service recommends getting rid of the Cyclorama building, which housed a large painting of Pickett’s charged until it was moved to [...]
Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield Announces 6th Annual Photo Exhibit for Amateur Photographers
August 27th, 2012 javal Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield announces their 6th Annual Phot Exhibit. Entries were submitted by the Southwest Missouri Camera Club.The entries will be on exhibit, at the battlefield, in the Visitor Center multi-purpose room, from September 1, 2012, through September 15, 2012. Thevisitor’s center is open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., seven days a week. [...]
Civil war trading cards tell lesser-known stories
July 30th, 2012 javal You might think you know Civil War history, from Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard firing on the union garrison holding Fort Sumter in 1861 to Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox in 1865. But during the 150th commemoration of the War Between the States, National Park Service officials wanted to engage the public by [...]
Family of Stonewall Brigade officer killed in 2nd Manassas donates swords, other items to park
June 14th, 2012 javal Some personal effects of the commander of the legendary Stonewall Brigade are returning to the northern Virginia Civil War battlefield where he was killed. The descendants of Col. William S.H. Baylor have donated two swords, a pair of dress uniform epaulets, a walking stick, family photographs and documents. They were given to the Manassas National [...]