NEWPORT, R.I. – Salve Regina University’s Cultural and Historic Preservation program has been awarded a $39,000 grant from the National Park Service to conduct a site documentation project on an historic battlefield in South Carolina. The grant, administered by the NPS’s Battlefield Protection Program, is one of 20 awarded nationally, totaling $1.2 million, to support work that safeguards and preserves significant American battlefield lands for present and future generations.
Salve Regina students in the CHP program will conduct a site documentation project for the Sadkeche Fight, a battle associated with the little-known Yamasee War (1715-1717) in South Carolina, giving them a unique opportunity to contribute to a real world, federally funded preservation project.