Preserving the Battlefield Monument Moratorium

June 6, 2005

The New Hampshire delegation in the House of Representatives have entered a bill, HR 1084, to overturn the monument moratorium at Antietam and force the NPS to accept a new monument for the 3 NH regiments and 1 battery present at Antietam. Obviously this would open the door for other states and groups to demand “their” monuments and would eventually lead to the “marble forest” look of Gettysburg.

Gettysburg monuments

It also imposes a burden on the NPS to care for and restore this monument as time goes by. It is a bad idea and SHAF, who advocated for the moratorium, and steadfastly abhors any and all “new” monuments, is opposed to this power play.

If you agree with our position please contact your Congressional Representative and let them know your thoughts.

Tom Clemens, President.

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SHAF has been preserving and protecting historic sites related to the Battle of Antietam, the Maryland Campaign, and other Civil War activity in the region since 1986. We need your help to keep it going.

Robert E. Lee

Antietam Witness

This great battle was fought by less than 40,000 men on our side, all of whom had undergone the greatest labors and hardships in the field and on the march. Nothing could surpass the determined valor with which they met the large army of the enemy, fully supplied and equipped, and the result reflects the highest credit on the officers and men engaged.


- R.E. Lee

August 19, 1863