Preserving Civil War History One Battlefield at a Time

November 17, 2008 RSS Feed Print

The Civil War Preservation Trust helped save another piece of American history last week, joining with local preservationists to secure a valuable chunk of the battlefield at Winchester, Va.

Coincidentally, the Washington Post published this piece on the Trust in its Sunday magazine, written by an acclaimed wordsmith familiar to you all.

Jim Lighthizer and his crew deserve the kudos they are getting.

Let's hope the collapse of the housing market will ease the pressure of suburban sprawl, and allow them to snatch more historic ground away from the blades of the bulldozers.

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You're right this time. I hate to admit you're right - Thankfully, I'm near certain, it won't happen again.

R.L. Schaefer of CA 5:19PM November 17, 2008

John A. Farrell

John A. Farrell

John Aloysius Farrell is a contributing editor at U.S. News & World Report. An award-winning Washington reporter, he has written for The Boston Globe and The Denver Post and is the author of Tip O’Neill and the Democratic Century and an upcoming biography of the great American defense attorney, Clarence Darrow.

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