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Selected 2009 Stories
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October
 County Board Approves Wal-mart Special Permit At Wilderness
Cedar Creek Foundation Looks Forward To 145th
Artifacts Found At Franklin’s Battle Park
Major Exhibit To Open On Lincoln & New York City
Va. Historical Society To Host John Brown Exhibition
September
 Lincoln Museum Collection Goes To State Museum & County Library In Indiana
CVBT Has Option To Buy 93 Acres At Wilderness Battlefield
Virginia Battlefield Stewardship Fund Is Named For Deborah Whittier Fitts
Memorial Hall & Ogden Art Museum ‘Bury The Hatchet’ In New Orleans
GAO Report On Partnerships Doesn’t Cite Gettysburg; Critic Says He Won’t Give Up
Funds Needed For Payment On Carter Cotton Gin Site
Reenactors To March For South Mountain & CWPT
August
Orange County Officials Proceed Towards Vote On Wal-mart Permit
A Crusade To Digitize All Lincoln Administration Records
Gettysburg Foundation Hopes To Name President Soon, Hires CFO
CWPT Needs $ For Tennessee Land
Museum Confirms Plans For Appomattox Facility
Texas Monument Is Dedicated At 1862 Battlefield In Richmond, Ky.
New Superintendents At Andersonville, Ft. Pulaski
CWPT Gives 176 Acres To Harpers Ferry NHP
July 2009
 The Rev. Alan Farley — 25 Years On The Road In Battle Of Good & Evil
Four Unknown Dead At Yorktown Receive New Headstones, Burial Rites
CWPT’s CivilWar.org Promises To Be Best Source For History & Preservation
Fees Go Up For The Park’s Cyclorama, Museum, Movie
June 2009
 Preservationists Try Again To Stop Walmart At The Wilderness
Philadelphia Museum Is Hopeful For State Funds
Chancellorsville Receives 5th Maine Battery Soldier’s Medal
Soldier Remains Found In Franklin
A Surprise At Monument Ceremony Honoring 51 Confederates
GAR Museum Is Asked To Allow Lincoln DNA Testing
American Irish Give Bronze Bust Of Gen. Meagher To Waterford, Ireland
May 2009  Alliance Is Making Plans To Reenact Lincoln’s 1861 Virginia Troop Review
Richmond, Ky. Battle Park To Unveil Texas Memorial
McGowan’s Brigade At Spotsylvania To Be Honored May 9
Tornado Causes Damage, Closes Some Sites At Stones River Battlefield
Special Events At Richmond Battlefield
156 Forbes Drawings Are Given To Virginia Society
Special Programs, Dinner, Auction Will Honor The Wilderness 145th Anniversary
CWPT, Officials Celebrate Virginia’s Preservation Record
April 2009
 Battle Sites Face Many Threats According To Annual CWPT Report
Mapping Project Looks At Charleston Harbor As Battlefield
The National Journal & Investigators Eye Gettysburg Park
Forget The ‘Yee-haw’ Capturing The Real, True, Accurate, Historical Rebel Yell
55 Rare Photos Are In Mass. Exhibit
145th Wilderness Anniversary Plans
Chambersburg Seminars To Do Brown’s Raid In April
Monument To 3rd Vermont To Be Previewed May 16th
Pamplin Park Open Weekdays, By Reservation On Weekends
County, Friends Group Sign Deal To Create Stafford, Va. Civil War Park
Work Begins To Interpret Pristine Mine Run Battlefield In Virginia
February/March 2009
Historian Chris Calkins Will Manage Sailor’s Creek Battlefield
The Wills House Opens Feb. 12 In Honor Of Lincoln’s Birth
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove Draft GMP Input Welcomed
Public Input Is Invited For Chick-Chatt Park Planning
Survey Finds Evidence Of Civil War Action On Franklin Farm
New Exhibit Focuses On Fredericksburg Area Residents
Mariners’ Museum Maritime Library Has Reopened At Nearby University
January 2009
Charges Dropped Against SCV Member With Flag In Window
Ford’s Theatre, Expanded Museum Reopen In February
Pamplin Park Limits Visitation Hours To Taking Groups With Reservations
Walmart Asks Special-Use Permit; 253 Historians Want New Location
University Says Confederate Flags For Lee-Jackson Ceremony Not Welcome
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