CHARLESTON, WV (WVNS)– US Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) announced that $492,097 will go towards the preservation of the historic Shepherdstown Battlefield. According to Capito, the funding was provided by the National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program. The funding supports the preservation of 149.6 acres of the battlefield. “The preservation of battlefields is an […]
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As Europeans sought to control newly settled American land, wars raged between Native Americans and the frontiersmen who encroached on their territory, resources and trade.