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Historic Preservation @Fifty Years: What is Going On?

2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act, and a host of organizations and advocates are taking the opportunity to not only celebrate, but also to reflect on historic preservation’s past, present and future. Find out more about what is going on and how you might be able to get involved.

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Credit: Brenda Barrett

Pennsylvania Hallowed Ground: A Landscape of Hope

Efforts are now underway in Pennsylvania to support the stewardship of more than 40 cemeteries where African American Civil War veterans were interred. This important project, Pennsylvania’s Hallowed Ground, builds on many years of work of by dedicated volunteers across the commonwealth. Learn more.

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National Trust for Historic Preservation: A Tale of Two Sessions

Large landscapes. Living Landscapes. Cultural Landscapes – what a difference a few words can make! Earlier this month, a pair of well-received sessions at the National Trust for Historic Preservation Annual Meeting in Spokane, Washington highlighted the challenges associated with defining these terms. The two back-to-back panels, which both tackled landscape scale issues, drew very different responses from the audience – a testament to how exciting, yet also contested, these ideas remain.

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Fall Meetings and Networking

This Fall Meet Up on Large Landscapes Summer is the time to plan for  the upcoming conference season. Until recently there have been limited opportunities

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Historic Preservation @Fifty Years: What is Going On?

2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act, and a host of organizations and advocates are taking the opportunity to not only celebrate, but also to reflect on historic preservation’s past, present and future. Find out more about what is going on and how you might be able to get involved.

Read More »
Credit: Brenda Barrett

Pennsylvania Hallowed Ground: A Landscape of Hope

Efforts are now underway in Pennsylvania to support the stewardship of more than 40 cemeteries where African American Civil War veterans were interred. This important project, Pennsylvania’s Hallowed Ground, builds on many years of work of by dedicated volunteers across the commonwealth. Learn more.

Read More »

National Trust for Historic Preservation: A Tale of Two Sessions

Large landscapes. Living Landscapes. Cultural Landscapes – what a difference a few words can make! Earlier this month, a pair of well-received sessions at the National Trust for Historic Preservation Annual Meeting in Spokane, Washington highlighted the challenges associated with defining these terms. The two back-to-back panels, which both tackled landscape scale issues, drew very different responses from the audience – a testament to how exciting, yet also contested, these ideas remain.

Read More »

Fall Meetings and Networking

This Fall Meet Up on Large Landscapes Summer is the time to plan for  the upcoming conference season. Until recently there have been limited opportunities

Read More »