_CIVIL WAR PRESERVATION TRUST Saving America’s Hallowed Ground Theodore Sedgwick James Lighthizer ‘Chaiewan Presklent May 28, 2009 The Honorable Henry Brown USS. House of Representatives 103 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515-4001 Dear Rep. Brown: On behalf of the 55,000 members of the national Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT), I want to thank you for joining Congressman Gary Miller as one of the lead signers on a letter to the House Appropriations Committee, requesting $10 million for the Civil War Battlefield Preservation Program in Fiscal Year (FY) 2010. As you know, this funding is critically important if CWPT and other private sector groups are going to continue to protect Civil War battlefields of national importance. vil War h We are extremely pleased that 28 other House members joined you in support of the Battlefield Preservation Program. ‘Thank you for making it possible to demonstrate this hi level of support to Appropriations Committee. J also want to thank your Chief of Staff, Chris Berardini, for providing advice to my staff and coordinating with Congressman Miller's office. It may interest you to know that in the past year, the program has been used to save key parcels at battlefields like Brandy Station in Virginia and Perryville in Kentucky. In the next few ‘months, we are expecting grants to be awarded for battlefield land at Third Winchester and Glendale in Virginia, Fort Donelson in Tennessee and Bentonville in North Carolina. This work would not have been possible without your leadership on Capitol Hill, Again, thank you. CWPT is indebted to you for your support of historic battlefield preservation, IfT can ever personally be of assistance to you, please do not hesitate to ask. We look forward to Stoning wily. I LAO. oe. aries Ste ece Suey, me UA eee cx < sae wid o Klar ely O. James Lighthizer, President S WASHINGTON OFFICE | HAGERSTOWN OFFICE L3A1 11 Steet NW» Stile 1001» Washingion, DC 20005 11 Poblie Square « Suite 200 Hagerstown, MD 21740 Phone: (202) 367-186 or (800) 298.7878 « Fa: (202) 367-1865 Phone: (301) 665-1400 ur (888) 606-1400 + Fax: (301) 665-1416