Save Historic Antietam Foundation Buys Battlefield Land at Antietam

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Save Historic Antietam Foundation buys battlefield land at Antietam. Contact: Tom Clemens 301-432-2522 For the first time in the preservation history of the Antietam Battlefield, […]
Recap of March 13, 2021 SHAF Work Day

Members and volunteers of the Save Historic Antietam Foundation completed their first work day of 2021 on property owned by the American Battlefield Trust, who allowed us to do the […]
SHAF Helps Clear Non-Historic Tree lines on ABT Property

Save Historic Antietam Foundation volunteers have recently been active clearing non-historic trees from the American Battlefield Trust’s property across Dunker Church Road from the Antietam National Battlefield Visitor Center. View […]
Film Supports SHAF

Support quality history-based filmmaking and Antietam at the same time! The well-received short film “Hold My Horse”, based on the life of Gen. Israel Richardson, is a perfect diversion for […]
SHAF presented with award by the American Battlefield Trust

“The Trust presented its Brian C. Pohanka Preservation Organization Award to the Save Historic Antietam Foundation (SHAF), a nonprofit group established in 1996 to preserve more of the Antietam battlefield’s […]
Demolition in North Woods

This house was purchased in September by Civil War Trust with assistance from SHAF. It was located where the tour road and the bypass meet in the west portion of […]
SHAF Wins Preservation Award!!
Preservation Maryland will be presenting their 30th annual awards on Thursday May 21 in a ceremony in Baltimore. This year SHAF will be receiving their Volunteerism Award in recognition of […]
2013 Harsh Award Results
Our 2013 Joseph L. Harsh Award winner, Jamesina Thatcher, created a detailed study of the maps accompanying Gen. Ezra Carman’s maps of the battle of Antietam. Below are links to […]
SBPA Potomac River Crossing 2010

To honor the 148th Anniversary of the Battle of Shepherdstown, the Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association (SBPA) has scheduled a Battlefield Tour including a wading of the Potomac River. The tour […]
Tour Phase I of the Maryland Campaign of 1862
On Saturday, July 31, 2010, the Save Historic Antietam Foundation (SHAF) will sponsor a tour of “Phase I” of the Maryland Campaign of September, 1862. The tour will be led […]