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July

Cedar Creek Supporters Lose Mine Rezoning Battle
Jim Stamatelos’ Friends Remember His Talents
David Ruth Is Richmond Superintendent
Hunterstown Monument Dedication, Walking Tour Are July 2

 

June
Beauvoir Will Reopen With Celebration On Davis’ June 3 Birthday
The Lincoln Museum In Fort Wayne To Close And Give Away Collection
Court Orders Permit For Houses On Shepardstown Battlefield
Both Gettysburg Event Sponsors Will Give Campers Additional Days On Site
Kenosha Museum Opens June 14, 15
Gettysburg Foundation Buys The 80-Acre Spangler Farm
New Group Promotes Attention For Lee’s Retreat Monterey Pass Battle
Adams County Land Conservancy To Host Stuart Ride

 

May
35-Acre Tract Is Added At Kennesaw Battlefield
Wilson’s Creek Celebrates Additional Land, New Film
Philadelphia Museum To Close, Prepare For 2010 Move
144th New Market Event Is May 16-18 At The Battlefield
Rhode Island Veteran To Be Reburied With Full Honors
Campaigners To March For Preservation In November
Chancellorsville 145th Plans Include NPS Programs, Battle
Modern Sharpshooters Track Down Site Of '62 Photo Taken In Falmouth
Ranger Grandkids Sought For Reunion
It’s Lights Off For The Electric Map
Police Seek Info About Uniform Coat
Funds Sought To Replace Nagle sword
CWPT To Buy Another Brandy Tract

 

April

Cell Tower, Mine, Incinerator  Among CWPT Threats
Gettysburg Museum; Visitor Center Opens April 14
The Civil War Dealers & Collectors Association Defends The Hobby
Antietam Faces Cell Tower Threat
Monocacy Park Warns Of Proposed Incinerator's Intrusion
NPS Buys Wilderness Tract Proposed For Development
NPS To Build Facility At Five Forks

 

February/March

Gettysburg Licensed Guides Unhappy With New Reservation & Pay System
Suit Seeks To Stop I-81 Widening In Shenandoah Valley

Baltimore Will Keep President St. Station, Site Of 1861 Attack
More Parker's Crossroad, Tenn. Battlefield Land Is Preserved
Davis’s 200th birthday
Fort Negley Visitors Center Opens In Nashville Tenn.
Austin Civil War Round table Pays Off Carter House Garden

Austin CWRT Makes $20,000 Challenge
MacLeod Leaves Richmond For NPS Independence Park

 

January

GAO Launches Gettysburg Inquiry

Corricks Ford Land In West Va. To Be A Park
Lincoln 200th Celebration Begins Feb. 11 In Kentucky
Forum Honors Author Jeff Saara
CWPT buys 23 Acres Of Intense Action In Brandy Station Battle
GMNP Bows To Pressure, Will Hang Family Plaques
Do You See Lincoln On A Horse? Some People Say Yes
Harpers Ferry Plan Would Save Disputed Threatened Ground
Anniversary Gathering Celebrates State Grant For Franklin Museum