Preservation Weekend Event!
February
11th and 12th
2012
CVBT will present a weekend of classic movies and "Bowling
for Battlefields" at the Splitsville/Muvico complex at
Spotsylvania Towne Center. Classic movies on the big screen
again on Saturday. Heavy appetizers, soft drinks and bowling on
Sunday.
Click here for full information
CVBT announces
2012 Annual Meeting/Tours.
Mark These Dates! April 27,
28, 29-2012
Click Here for full information and
registration
CVBT Hosts 2012 National Park
Day at Chancellorsville
Central Virginia Battlefield Trust (CVBT)
will host locally the 2012 national
Park Day on the Chancellorsville Battlefield, Saturday, 31
March. Volunteers are needed to help pick up the huge amount of
trash along the roads that run through the battlefield in
addition to some monument maintenance work. Park Day is
nationally sponsored .........
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Civil War News November Preservation
Article -
Small Group, Large Impact
Virginia land trust,
property owner strike deal to save Civil War site next
to national park . - Like a jeweler stringing
another pearl onto a fine necklace, the Central Virginia
Battlefields Trust has added a new property to its
collection of Fredericksburg-area hallowed ground....
Click here for Full Story
2011 CVBT Annual Meeting and
Special 15th Anniversary Celebration Huge Success!
Sold-out
annual conference, look back at many accomplishments.......
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CVBT Presents Coveted Happel Award
at Annual Meeting: Clark B. Hall receives Happel Award for
preserving Brandy Station and other Civil War battlefields
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The
Central Virginia Battlefields Trust (CVBT) has acquired approximately 93 acres of historic ground on
the Wilderness battlefield. As Walmart continues to plan a new
store at the intersection of State Routes 3 and 20, in Orange
County, the CVBT has moved to protect nearby terrain in
Spotsylvania County.....
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Pennsylvania Round Table
Donates $53,000.00 to CVBT:
The Civil
War Round Table of Eastern Pennsylvania announced it has
designated a departed member’s bequest to be donated to help
save three of Virginia’s endangered battlefields.. .Click
Here for Full Story
Author Donates Proceeds
from New Book to CVBT:
Author Johnnie Perry Pearson
will donate all the proceeds from his new book "Lee and
Jacksons Bloody Twelfth". The book contains the story and
letters of Irby Goodwin Scott, First Lieutenant, Company G,
Putnam Light Infantry, Twelfth Georgia Volunteer Infantry. This
is a fascinating story......Click
Here for Full Story
Central Virginia
Battlefields Trust' s mission is preserving endangered hallowed
ground. Becoming a valued member of the Trust is all
about
supporting the mission.
Members will receive a
quarterly issue of our Skirmish line newsletter keeping you
abreast of CVBT activities and battlefield concerns. Members also
receive a vehicle window decal to show your support for CVBT.
You will also be
added to our "E-Mail Alert System" which will
inform you of breaking preservation news in the area.
We at Central Virginia
Battlefields Trust realize the immense responsibility that is
entrusted in those of us who are aware that time is quickly running out
to save these battlefields. We must protect these grounds for future
generations so they may walk the fields, hear the stories of those who
fought and learn the importance of saving our history.
Membership support is crucial!
Please join us in this quest to save our History!
BECOME A MEMBER or RENEW
HERE!
