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V-Site Restoration Project, Los Alamos, NM

Building 516, where scientists created the atomic bomb in 1945. The V-Site received the 2008 National Trust/ACHP Award for Federal Partnership in Historic Preservation. Learn More

V-Site

This Place Matters

Celebrate Preservation Month 2008 with our This Place Matters campaign and share a place that matters to you! Learn More

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Mark Michel Receives Crowninshield Award

Mark Michel surveying an archaeological site. Michel received the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2008 Louise du Pont Crowninshield Award. Learn More

Mark

Jane Blaffer Owen Receives Crowninshield Award

Jane Owen, winner of the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2008 Louise du Pont Crowninshield Award. Learn More

Jane

Housing Bill Enhances the Federal Historic Tax Credit

Learn about the first major amendments to the federal rehabilitation tax credit in 20 years, which benefits affordable housing and the leaseback of historic property. Learn More

Housing

Gifford Park Association, Elgin, IL

Owners Gregg Hagen and Joe Kjellander, president, in front of their restored 1872 Italianate home. The association received the 2008 Trustees Award for Organizational Excellence. Learn More

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Edison & Ford Winter Estates, Fort Myers, FL

An aerial view of the side-by-side estates of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford. The estates received the 2008 Trustee Emeritus Award for the Stewardship of Historic Sites. Learn More

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Curley School Project, Ajo, AZ

The outdoor stage at the rehabilitated Ajo Curley School in Ajo, AZ. Recipient of the 2008 National Trust/HUD Secretary’s Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation. Learn More

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Andrew Potts, Washington, DC

Andrew Potts of Washington, DC, winner of the 2008 John H. Chafee Trustees Award for Outstanding Achievement in Public Policy. Learn More

Andrew

America's 11 Most Endangered Places

The 2008 list includes the modernist Statler Hilton Hotel in Dallas, Texas. Take action to save the places on this year's list. Learn More

America's

Visit an historic site, write your congressman, sign up for an e-newsletter, fix up an old house, attend a community meeting on preventing teardowns, share a story about a favorite place. There are hundreds of ways to make a difference to protect, enhance, and enjoy the places that matter to you. Peruse this section of PreservationNation to find easy ways to help protect the irreplaceable every day.

 

 

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