Civil War Preservation Trust to Reveal Nation's Most Endangered Battlefields

Civil War Preservation Trust to Reveal Nation's Most Endangered Battlefields

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) will release an investigative report on the status of the nation's battlefields at a news conference on Wednesday, March 12, 2008. The report, entitled History Under Siege: America's Endangered Civil War Battlefields, will identify the ten most threatened Civil War sites in the country and what is being done to rescue them.

CWPT President James Lighthizer will be joined at the news conference by platinum-selling Country Music artist Trace Adkins. Known for hit songs like "(This Ain't) No Thinking Thing," "Ladies Love Country Boys" and "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk," Adkins is a lover of history and a staunch supporter of preserving America's rapidly disappearing Civil War battlefields.

The news conference will be held at 10 a.m. in the Frank Holeman Lounge of the National Press Club. Copies of the report will be available at the event. Refreshments will be served.

   WHAT:  News conference to announce the ten most endangered Civil War          battlefields in the U.S.    WHO:   Platinum-selling recording artist Trace Adkins and CWPT President          James Lighthizer    WHEN:  Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 10 a.m.    WHERE: Frank Holeman Lounge of the National Press Club, 529 14th Street,          N.W., Washington, D.C.   

With 65,000 members, CWPT is the largest nonprofit battlefield preservation organization in the United States. Its mission is to preserve our nation's remaining Civil War battlefields. Since 1987, the organization has saved more than 25,000 acres of hallowed ground. CWPT's website is located at www.civilwar.org.

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Source: The Civil War Preservation Trust

CONTACT: Jim Campi, +1-202-367-1861 x205, or Mary Koik, +1-202-367-1861
x231, both for The Civil War Preservation Trust

Web site: http://www.civilwar.org/

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