Manassas Battlefield Trust in the News:

 

Interview with MBT Executive Director featured on local blog: 

All Not So Quiet on the Potomac, a Civil War related blog created by Ron Baumgarten, a DC area lawyer and Civil War enthusiast now features an interview with MBT Executive Director Debra Kathman.  In the interview, Kathman talks about the Trust, our goals, and our new push to get 100 new members by the end of October. She also answers questions about the history of the Trust, her own background, and the importance of the Manassas National Battlefield Park (and the Trust) to the local community.  To read the entire interview, go to http://dclawyeronthecivilwar.blogspot.com/2015/10/an-interview-with-debra-kathman.html

MBT awarded $20,000 grant from ABPP: 

The Manassas Battlefield Trust awarded one of the 25 grants given out by the American Battlefield Protection Program, a division of the National Park Service that promotes the preservation of significant American battlefield lands for present and future generations as symbols of individual sacrifice and national heritage.

About the award, Trust President Maureen Finnerty said “We are very excited to receive this grant from the ABPP.  It will allow us to do important work for the Manassas National Battlefield Park by connecting it more strongly to the community and educating many about the important values of this special place.”

The grant to the Manassas Battlefield Trust will provide funding for the Trust’s recently hired Executive Director, Debra Kathman, as well as the development of outreach and marketing materials to raise awareness about the Trust and its mission.

“We are honored to receive funding from the American Battlefield Protection Program.  It comes at just the right time as we are currently working to expand our membership base and get the word out about our organization and its important mission,” said the Trust’s Executive Director, Debra Kathman.

For more information about the grant and the ABPP: http://www.nps.gov/abpp/grants/battlefieldgrants/2015grantawards.htm

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Photo of (l-r) MBT Vice President Jon Hickox, Park Superintendent Jon James, MBT President Maureen Finnerty, and MBT Executive Director Debra Kathman as the Trust turns over a check to help fund the creation of traveling trunks for the Manassas National Battlefield Park (July, 2015)

Traveling Trunks!
The Manassas Battlefield Trust is pleased to announce the funding of three traveling trunks.Each trunk will target a different age group (elementary, middle, and high school) and will contain replicas of artifacts, prints, and other items that will bring the stories behind the 1st and 2nd Battles of Manassas into local classrooms. The project, a joint venture between the Manassas National Battlefield Park and the Manassas Battlefield Trust, is currently in development by park staff with an estimate completion date of September, 2015, just in time for the new school year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tony Flay (A.W. Flay Tree Surgeons LLC), Superintendent Jon "J.J." James, Bryan Gorsira - Natural Resources Program Manager, Alison Sloop - Park Biologist, Natasha Hamad (The Winery at Bull Run) and John Hickox (Manassas Battlefield Trust)
Tony Flay (A.W. Flay Tree Surgeons LLC), Superintendent Jon “J.J.” James, Bryan Gorsira – Natural Resources Program Manager, Alison Sloop – Park Biologist, Natasha Hamad (The Winery at Bull Run) and John Hickox (Manassas Battlefield Trust)

Tree Planting at Stone House –  The Trust donated and planted new trees around the Stone House, replacing trees that were compromising the foundation of the house.  Read the article from the Bull Run Observer here:
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Announcement of the $1.7 million grant to fund the purchase of the Yeates property, a significant parcel of land in the 2nd Battle of Manassas: http://potomaclocal.com/2014/11/17/manassas-battlefield-receives-grant-plans-expand/