SHAF Annual Meeting and Activity Updates for 2026
Annual Meeting September 27, 2026 SHAF usually holds its annual meeting in the spring. This year the annual meeting has been moved to Fall to align with and celebrate the […]
Antietam Institute Makes Donation to SHAF
At their Spring Conference, the Antietam Institute graciously and generously donated $5,822.81 to SHAF for our recent purchase of the property and house on Harpers Ferry Road. The Institute has […]
SHAF is Hosting a Birthday Bash, in Cooperation with Shepherd University’s Civil War Center
You are Invited! Join Us as We Celebrate 40 Years of Preservation Triumphs SHAF is Co-Hosting a Birthday Bash, in Cooperation with Shepherd University’s Civil War Center September 25-27, 2026 […]
Proposed Cell Tower Threatens Viewshed of Antietam National Battlefield
The Save Historic Antietam Foundation (SHAF) is urging members and the public to oppose an appeal seeking approval for a 199-foot cell tower in a designated Preservation Zone bordering Antietam […]
Update on Construction at Antietam National Battlefield Visitor Center
The construction project to fix the leak in the lower floor of the Antietam National Battlefield Visitor Center is set to start the week of September 29. Staging activity will […]
“The Best War Map Ever Made”: Ezra Carman & the Atlas of the Battlefield of Antietam
Our 2013 Dr. Joseph L. Harsh Memorial Scholarship recipient, Jamesina Thatcher, examined the mapping work done by the Antietam Battlefield Board in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Included in […]
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. […]
