Historic battlefields and associated sites of armed conflict are powerful reminders of the shared
heritage of all Americans. In an ongoing effort to extend the conservation of natural and cultural
resources, the National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program (NPS ABPP)
promotes the preservation and interpretation of these important places. NPS ABPP supports
community-driven stewardship of historic resources through four grant opportunities:
Preservation Planning, Battlefield Restoration, Battlefield Interpretation, and Battlefield Land
Acquisition.
NPS ABPP administers the Battlefield Restoration Grant opportunity to provide assistance for
the restoration of day-of-battle conditions within eligible Civil War battlefields listed in the Civil
War sites Advisory Commission's (CWSAC) Report on the Nation's Civil War Battlefields
(1993) and in the principal battlefields of the Revolutionary War and War of 1812 identified in
NPS ABPP’s Report to Congress on the Historic Preservation of Revolutionary War and War of
1812 Sites in the United States (2007) (Survey Reports). Restoration sites must be located
outside the external boundaries of a unit of the National Park System and must have been
protected with assistance from a NPS’s Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant (BLAG) established
under 54 U.S.C. §308103(b) or are owned by state or local government entities (e.g., state or
local battlefield parks) and are located within the boundaries of battlefields listed in the Survey
Reports. These grants are funded from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which invests
earnings from offshore oil and gas leasing to help strengthen communities, preserve history and
protect the national endowment of lands and waters. Funding will support planning and
implementation activities for historic preservation projects at eligible properties and will be
awarded competitively. Grants require a dollar-for-dollar non-Federal match.