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American Battlefield Trust Launches $1 Million Campaign to Preserve 40 Acres at Chalmette, First Major Effort in a Century

7/6/2026

The American Battlefield Trust has launched a $1 million fundraising campaign to protect a 40-acre property at Chalmette, Louisiana — site of Andrew Jackson's victory in what historians mark as the War of 1812's final major battle.

The organization describes the effort as the first significant preservation push at the site in a century.

The Capital Commitment At $1 million targeting 40 acres, the campaign represents a direct land-protection play by the American Battlefield Trust, a nonprofit that works to preserve American battlefield properties.

The Chalmette site, located outside New Orleans, has gone unprotected at scale for roughly one hundred years — a gap the Trust is now moving to close.