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Scotsman.com, January 5, 2009
"IT WAS one of the most important battles of the American Civil War, a bloodbath in which the legendary Union leader, Lieutenant-General Ulysses S Grant, faced his Confederate counterpart, General Robert E Lee, for the first time."
Orange County Review, December 31, 2008
"Virginia’s irreplaceable historic landscapes, from the Piedmont to the Tidewater, are at the heart of our national heritage and their preservation is an issue that should concern all Virginians.
So it is shocking to learn that commercial real-estate speculators are now pressuring elected officials in rural Orange County to approve plans for a bland but mammoth 145,000-square-foot Wal-Mart, a sea of parking, and a 900-acre business park and retail center with three more big-box stores."
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Loudoun Times Mirror, December 17, 2008
"Four communities within the Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area – Purcellville, Middleburg, Fauquier County and Harpers Ferry, W.Va. -- will be designated as Preserve America Communities and honored this week by Robert Young, Assistant Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development."
Orange County Review, November 26, 2008
"One local group says a Wal-Mart in Orange County is alright, but the planned location for the big-box store is all wrong.
The 140,000-square foot retail store, as planned, will take up 19 acres of a 50-acre parcel on the north side of Route 3, and is already zoned for commercial use. But the recent adoption of a large retail use ordinance into Orange County’s code means any retail establishment in excess of 60,000 square feet must submit a special use permit, and go through the public hearing process. "
Culpeper Star-Exponent, November 29, 2008
"The Brandy Station Battlefield is among three local Civil War sites that will receive a portion of $5.2 million in state funding to preserve historic areas across Virginia.
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Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, December 2, 2008
"In a new online video, Gens. Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee appear together, able to finally agree on one thing: Wal-Mart’s plan to build a Supercenter on a portion of the Wilderness battlefield is preposterous.
The re-enactors’ point is also driven home in a mass mailer sent by another group last week to 16,000 Orange County households."
NBC Washington, December 2, 2008
"Controversy is brewing as the world’s largest retailer is preparing to submit an application for a special-use permit to construct a new store on the site of one of the Civil War’s largest and most important battles"
Washington Post, December 4, 2008
"A 275-acre swath of land with ties to the Civil War will be protected as a regional park in Loudoun County, officials said yesterday.
The Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority has secured a contract to buy the tract along the Potomac River north of Leesburg. The park authority will pay private landowners about $2.8 million for the parcel."
Washington Post, December 4, 2008
"Bracing for a budget gap and a worsening economy, Loudoun County is stepping up efforts to remake itself as a tourist destination in the hopes of bringing in more revenue.
The county Board of Supervisors spent the last full meeting of the year approving millions of dollars in an effort to make the county the go-to stop during the Civil War’s 150th anniversary. "
Washington Examiner, December 3, 2008
"A Loudoun historical society is pushing for President-elect Barack Obama to start his inaugural procession in Gettysburg, a historical tour that would link him to Presidents Bill Clinton and Thomas Jefferson.
The Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership is trying to get Obama to commence his procession at Gettysburg, Pa., travel down Route 15 to Leesburg, and then along the Dulles Toll Road to the Lincoln Memorial."
Daily Progress, November 17, 2008
"President James Monroe lived fewer than three miles from his lifelong friend Thomas Jefferson, and his home has always been in the shadow of Monticello.
But a federal historic designation, the Journey Through Hallowed Ground, is helping to give Ash Lawn-Highland, Monroe’s former residence, the public relations boost it needs to flourish on its own as a presidential museum. "
Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, November 18, 2008
"Virginia stepped forward yesterday to help save portions of 15 Civil War battlefields from encroaching development.
The commonwealth will provide up to $5.2 million to front-line private groups defending Civil War battlefields--including Chancellorsville and Brandy Station. Preservationists must come up with $10.4 million to get the 21 matching grants awarded by the state Department of Historic Resources.
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