SHAF 2025 Annual Meeting
We are holding our annual meeting and elections on Saturday April 26 at 12:30 p.m. We are meeting at the Boonsboro Branch Library, (on the western edge of Boonsboro, on […]
Demolition of Poffenberger House
SHAF recently supported efforts to demolish the post-Civil War Poffenberger House across the road from the Antietam National Battlefield Visitor Center. The American Battlefield Trust purchased this property several years […]
SHAF Spring 2025 Work Day
Our annual Spring Work Day on March 1, 2025, is fast approaching! We will work at East Woods, the same place at Antietam National Battlefield where we worked last fall. […]
SHAF Workday Recap, October 19, 2024

SHAF is delighted to have completed another successful Work Day. We had a turnout of about 20 people, including 6 students from the Boonsboro High School Rho Kappa Honor Society. […]
SHAF 2024 Annual Meeting
Posted on April 5, 2024 by Kevin PawlakSHAF is pleased to announce our 2024 Annual Membership Meeting will be held on Saturday, April 20. We will meet at 12:30 p.m. […]
2024 Annual Meeting Reminder
2024 Annual Meeting Reminder Reminder – SHAF Annual Membership meeting Saturday, April 20, 12:30 p.m. Boonsboro Branch of the Washington County Free Library We will have updates on SHAF activities, […]
SHAF acquires historic signal station site
Posted on November 10, 2000 by Kevin Pawlak The Save Historic Antietam Foundation, Inc. (SHAF) announced today that it will acquire eight (8) acres south of Sharpsburg that includes the site of a […]
SHAF Eyes Purchase of Potomac Ford Near Shepherdstown
Posted on February 1, 2006 by Kevin Pawlak One of the oldest battlefield-preservation organizations is setting its sights on purchase of a significant piece of battlefield land on the banks of the Potomac […]
SHAF Wins State Grant for Tolson’s Chapel
The Maryland Historical Trust anounced a grant to the Save Historic Antietam Foundation (SHAF) of $50,000 in FY2007 for “carpentry and masonry repairs to foundation, sills, floors & supports, roof repairs and […]
SHAF 2023 Spring Work Day

The next SHAF Work Day is scheduled for Saturday, March 11, 2023. Meet at the grass overflow parking lot at the Antietam Visitor Center at 9:00 a.m. Bring water, gloves, […]