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Much of Gettysburg park is in private hands

The nonprofit Gettysburg Foundation recently purchased the 80-acre Spangler Farm within the Gettysburg battlefield boundary and donated it to the National Park Service.

That's the good news.

The bad news is that more than 1,000 acres of the 6,000-acre Gettysburg National Military Park remain in private hands and unprotected from development. Congress has not appropriated any money for land acquisition or easement purchases since 2001.

If not for organizations like the Foundation and others, and for private citizens who donate easements, preservation at the historic park would be at a standstill.
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