On June 27, 2007, the National Park Service (NPS) announced the award of 19 grants totaling $492,184 to assist in the preservation and protection of America’s significant battlefield lands. The grants provide funding for projects at endangered Colonial-Indian War, Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Civil War battlefields. The battlefields are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia, and Vermont.