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Updated 08/26/2010
Momentum Gathers For The Civil War 150th Anniversary (Links to 150th websites)
By Mike Virgintino and CWN Staff
Congress has yet to act on legislation to create a sesquicentennial commission, but the country is not waiting. States, counties, communities, agencies and private groups are organizing programs and events, creating online offerings, erecting signs, upgrading sites, training volunteers and preparing materials. |
H.L. Hunley Will Be Set Upright For First Time Since Its Sinking In 1864
By Scott C. Boyd
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley will be rotated early in 2011 to an upright position for the first time since it sank on Feb. 17, 1864. |
 Antietam Newcomer House To Open As Visitor Center
SHARPSBURG, Md. — The historic Newcomer House at Antietam National Battlefield will open as a visitor center on Sept. 14.
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Two Owners Donate Easements On 782 Brandy Station Battlefield Acres
By Scott C. Boyd
BRANDY STATION, Va. – Two conservation easements donated to the state have added a total of 782 acres of preserved land to the Brandy Station Battlefield in Culpeper County.
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Wal-mart At Wilderness Trial A Go; Jan. 25 Date Set; Zoning Issue Stays
By Scott C. Boyd
ORANGE, Va. — The lawsuit to prevent construction of a Wal-mart Supercenter at the entrance to the Wilderness battlefield will go to trial on Jan. 25, 2011.
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Chambersburg Seminar In Sept. On Lee’s Life, Career
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — The Greater Chambersburg Chamber of Commerce’s last Civil War seminar of the year will begin on Sept. 24. “Lee: An Examination of One of America’s Great Commanders,” will conclude Sept. 26. Seminar proceeds benefit preservation.
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Karl Lehr Bequest Benefits Three Preservation Groups
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Thanks to the generosity of late member Karl M. Lehr and the Civil War Round Table of Eastern Pennsylvania, donations totaling $128,000 will be given to three preservation organizations.
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Trial Likely For Fredericksburg Confederate Monument Case
By Scott C. Boyd
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – Barring out-of-court negotiations, which have been unsuccessful so far, a Fredericksburg Circuit Court judge has cleared the way for a trial over the Sons of Confederate Veterans’ (SCV) lawsuit to prevent the city from moving a monument to a cemetery for 51 Confederate soldiers.
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Veterans’ Council Asks To Join In Suit
By Scott C. Boyd
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – The veterans’ organization which asked the City of Fredericksburg to order a Confederate monument moved, sparking a lawsuit by the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV), has filed a petition to intervene in the court case.
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Reed’s Bridge Battlefield Ready For 147th Anniversary Event
JACKSONVILLE, Ark. — What started out two years ago as just another preservation idea has turned out to be the most active Civil War battlefield restoration of its kind the state of Arkansas has ever seen, according to Southern Brigade Commander Ron Kelley of the Sons of Confederate Veterans’ Arkansas Division. |
Updated 08/26/2010 |