Which nonprofit organization was named the administrative secretariat for the United States Semiquincentennial Commission?

The American Battlefield Trust was named the administrative secretariat for the United States Semiquincentennial Commission.

The United States Semiquincentennial Commission was created by federal law in 2016 to help plan and coordinate the 250th-anniversary observance. A nonprofit partner was needed to support the commission’s nationwide organizational work and its communications with Congress and participating groups.

In November 2017, the U.S. Department of the Interior issued a request for proposals seeking a nonprofit corporation to serve in that role. The American Battlefield Trust was selected as the commission’s nonprofit partner and administrative secretariat.

The organization is known for preserving and interpreting American battlefields, especially sites connected with the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. Its role in America250 planning does not make it the commission itself; the commission remains the federally established body.