Monroe, Michigan Gets National Park Service Grant of $350k for the Future River Raison Battlefield Park

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MONROE [Michigan] — The city of Monroe has been awarded a $350,000 federal grant to acquire land for the future River Raison Battlefield Visitor CenterRiver Raisin Battlefield National Park.

City Council on Monday approved accepting the grant from the National Park Service. The grant doesn’t require matching funds from the city.

The city applied last month to the U.S. Department of the Interior to obtain funds for the War of 1812 battlefield.

Read the full article in the October 7, 2009 edition of the Toledo Blade.

About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

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