What We Do
We support those who support Culpeper’s battlefields.
Our Mission
The Friends of Culpeper Battlefields™ is an organization supporting battlefield-focused preservation, stewardship, and heritage tourism across the historic Culpeper region.
“Culpeper is blessed with a history as breathtaking as its natural beauty, and both require our careful stewardship. The success of the Friends of Culpeper Battlefields will rest not simply on helping to protect this special place, but on supporting those who have worked tirelessly to preserve what makes Culpeper so special, for this and future generations.”
— Camilla Strongin, Former Founding Chair
What We’ve Achieved
Since 2015, we have successfully gathered support for efforts to establish a new state park in Culpeper among local government officials and other community leaders.
In 2020, the Virginia General Assembly directed the Commonwealth’s Department of Conservation and Recreation — which oversees Virginia State Parks — to consider the “management,” “potential user activities at” and “operation of” the proposed Culpeper-based park and report back to the legislature with its recommendations.
As of January 21, 2022, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin requested $4.93 million for land acquisition to create a Culpeper Battlefields State Park. The announcement was part of a package of legislative initiatives and budget amendments submitted by the Governor to the General Assembly. As submitted, the Governor’s budget amendment sets aside $4.93 million in FY2023 for the state park.