Topic - Civil War Trust

The Civil War Trust is a charitable organization (501(c)(3)) whose primary focus is in the preservation of American Civil War battlefields. The Civil War Trust also promotes educational programs and heritage tourism initiatives to inform the public of the war's history and the fundamental conflicts that sparked it. - Source: Wikipedia

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In this Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016, Petersburg National Battlefield Superintendent Lewis Rogers poses at the park's headquarters in Petersburg, Va. The national park in Virginia could expand by more than 7,000 acres under legislation Congress recently passed. (AP Photo/Sarah Rankin)

Law allows huge expansion of historic Civil War battlefield

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A guide from the Civil War Trust talks to a tour group participating in the Trust's June 30, 2016 Grand Review of the Armies: Tour & Pub Crawl, commemorating the victory parade route taken by Union Army soldiers in May 1865. On August 24, 2016, the Trust will lead a pub crawl tracing the route British soldiers took as they sacked the capital city during the war of 1812. Photo courtesy of Meg Martin of the Civil War Trust.

Civil War Trust to host ‘Burning of Washington’ pub crawl in Washington

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To restore the 56-acre battlefield to its Civil War glory, preservationists had to remove two houses, a garage, a pair of in-ground pools and a pool house. (Civil War Trust)

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