{"id":5844,"date":"2021-04-02T14:43:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T14:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/?p=5844"},"modified":"2021-04-01T16:46:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T16:46:12","slug":"friday-roundup-battlefield-grant-and-tree-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/?p=5844","title":{"rendered":"Friday Roundup: Battlefield Grant and Tree Maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We were notified of a  Battlefield Interpretation Grant<\/a><\/strong> opportunity from the National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program (NPS ABPP). These grants are to fund projects that use technology to enhance battlefield interpretation and education. Eligible sites include those associated with the American Revolution, War of 1812 or the Civil War. These competitive grants are open to state, local, and tribal governments, other public entities, non-profit organizations, and educational\u202finstitutions. Eligible activities are diverse and may include\u202fcontent development, consultation with stakeholders, audience research, fabrication and installation, costs associated with Section 106, and more.\u202fThis grant requires a non-federal cost share of at least 50%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The application deadline is May 5, 2021<\/strong>.\u202fThe funding announcement and application materials are available on Grants.gov<\/a>. For more information, head to the NPS ABPP website <\/a>or check out this informational webinar <\/a>on Battlefield Interpretation Grants. Contact abpp@nps.gov<\/a> for assistance or questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As you may have seen, we lost one of the mature white pine trees behind the Hexagon House in the high winds of last weekend. Luckily, the tree did not fully fall after cracking near the base, as it was propped up by a second large pine tree. We were very fortunate that no damage was caused to the house, grounds, or neighbors, and the tree was removed safely. This prompted us to find some articles on maintenance and care of historic trees that so often accompany our historic homes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preserving history: What you need to know about historic tree and site care<\/a>: Interview with Sam Hill in 2019 on historic tree care and maintenance, with an eye toward issues related to caring for such trees on historic sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Considering trimming or getting rid of an old tree? Not so fast.<\/a> “Ultimately, the fate of an old and compromised tree comes down to the owner’s comfort level for risk or to the sentimental attachment to the tree.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tree Care – Best practices from Historic New England experts<\/a>: Explore the White Papers on various tree and shrub related policies and practices (scroll down for additional landscape topics as well).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In PHW Office news, we have completed recreating the hand-colored 1897 Sanborn maps<\/a> that were used for the meetings with City Council to establish the Winchester Historic District. The close examination of the map was fascinating and an intriguing look into the diversity of Winchester businesses and dwellings close to the turn of the 20th century. Our next project, spurred by a research request, is organizing our Mutual Assurance Society photocopies<\/a> into a more searchable format for future research requests. These insurance policies are some of the only ways to explore now vanished buildings in the era before Sanborn maps documented the core downtown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We were notified of a  Battlefield Interpretation Grant opportunity from the National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program (NPS ABPP). These grants are to fund projects that use technology to enhance battlefield interpretation and education. Eligible sites include those associated with the American Revolution, War of 1812 or the Civil War. These competitive grants are open … Continue reading Friday Roundup: Battlefield Grant and Tree Maintenance<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4023,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,71],"tags":[39,42,72],"class_list":["post-5844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-informational-events","category-phw-office","category-research","tag-informational-events","tag-phw-office","tag-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5844"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5850,"href":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5844\/revisions\/5850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}