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Updated 05/27/2010

Preservationists Celebrate ‘Flank Attack’ Site, Virginia Bill By Scott C. Boyd SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. - “The ground we are looking at here is truly special and unique. It is not only where men fought with determination and died

Record Flooding Spares Middle Tennessee’s Civil War Properties By Gregory L. Wade Torrential rains that dumped over 15 inches of rain on Middle Tennessee in the first weekend of May  appeared to have spared most Civil War sites from severe damage.

Judge Denies Lack Of Standing, So Wal-mart Suit Will Continue By Scott C. Boyd ORANGE, Va. – The Orange County Board of Supervisors (BOS) failed to win dismissal of the lawsuit filed after its decision to permit a Wal-mart to be built at the Wilderness battlefield.

NPS Ready To Use Account For Pennsylvania Monuments By Kathryn Jorgensen “That is great news to us,” says Rep. Harry Readshaw (D-Allegheny) about Gettysburg National Military Park’s interest in drawing from the monument endowment trust fund established in May 2003.

Updated 05/27/2010