http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,115,0,0,html The Piedmont's beautiful vistas also present some of America's most historic terrain-where visionaries, pioneers, farmers, generals, soldiers, slaves and Presidents lived and left their mark. http://www.pecva.org/anx/img/logo.gif http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,115,0,0,html Piedmont Environmental Council 60 en Learn more about historic, scenic landscapes through these web resources. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,115,1389,-1,html Explore beautiful images and details of the nation's past in this new book published by the National Geographic Society-Journey Through Hallowed Ground Birthplace of the American Ideal. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,115,1109,-1,html "This part of northern Virginia has soaked up more of the blood, sweat and tears of American history than any other part of the country." --Late Yale historian C. Vann Woodward http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,115,354,-1,html Newspaper, TV, and radio reports on the issues that affect our historic and scenic landscape. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,241,514,-1,html Many tools are available to preserve rural land, from private land conservation to Purchase of Development Rights programs, land use taxation, zoning provisions and more. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,115,455,-1,html PEC is proud to be a part of the Journey Through Hallowed Ground partnership, dedicated to raising national awareness of the unparalleled history of this region. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,115,370,-1,html