Save Brandywine Battlefield, A National Historic Landmark in Chadds Ford, PA

The Brandywine Battlefield is a part of American history... ours to preserve and pass on to the next generation. Help us win this fight.

Help save Brandywine Battlefield, the site of the largest land battle of the Revolutionary War, fought on September 11, 1777 in Chadds Ford, PA.

How can a National Historic Landmark be in jeopardy?

While Landmark status recognizes a site's historical importance, it doesn't protect it from development or guarantee funding to keep it open to the public. The future of the Brandywine Battlefield is being threatened by the loss of state funding needed to keep the gates open and the site functioning. In these times of economic stress, tough choices are being made and the Battlefield's future is at stake.

What will happen when state funding is withdrawn?

It's already happening. The Revolutionary Times battle event has been cancelled for 2009. This event brings reenactors to the park along with others who establish camps, display crafts and recreate life in colonial times. This event has been the centerpiece of the Battlefied's calendar for years.

Loss of funding will also mean:

The closing of the Battlefield Visitor Center.
The closing Washington's headquarters.
The closing Lafayette's headquarters.
The end of educational guided tours.
The end of re-enactment events.
The loss of this important piece of American History.

Here's what we can do.

This website is a grass roots campaign to keep the Brandywine Battlefield open and bring back the Revolutionary Times battle event. With your help we can make it happen. Concerned American's in all 50 states, by donating what they can, will help win this fight. We can't afford to wait. We need your help today.

"Those who expect to reap the blessings of Freedom, must... undergo the fatigue of supporting it. The event of yesterday is one of those kind of alarms, which is just sufficient to rouse us to duty, without being of consequence enough to depress our fortitude. It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequence will be the same."

Thomas Paine
on the Battle of Brandywine
September 11, 1777