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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Eight Civil War battlefields get government grants
By Linda Wheeler, Washington Post Blogs More than $1.2 million in grants from the National Park Service’sAmerican Battlefield Protection Program were awarded this week to a variety of national battlefield projects including eight Civil War sites in six states: Kansas, Kentucky, … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefield Preservation
Tagged ABPP, American Battlefield Protection Program, battlefield, Bull Run Preserve, Civil War, digital technology, Fauquier County, GIS, interpretation, Kansas, Kentucky, Linda Wheeler, Maryland, National Park Service, Ohio, Radford University, Saltville, South Carolina, Virginia
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Exec. director of National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Md. is myth-buster, works on shows
STAN GOLDBERG The Frederick News-Post FREDERICK, Md. — Actress Ashley Judd learned the truth about her great-great-great-grandfather from George Wunderlich, executive director of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick. She thought her ancestor had lost a leg as … Continue reading
Posted in Medicine, Museums
Tagged 19th Century, American West, Andersonville, Ashley Judd, ballistics, banjo, Battlefield Detectives, BBC, Brooke Shields, Charles Goodnight, Civil War, France, Frederick, genealogy, George Wunderlich, Georgia, History Detectives, King Louis XIV, Maryland, Medicine, Mythbusters, National Museum of Civil War Medicine, NBC, New Mexico, Oliver Loving, PBS, Roy Underhill, Saltville, surgery, television, Terry Reimer, Texas, The Real Cowboys, The Real Lonesome Dove, The Woodwright's Shop, Union, Virginia, Who Do You Think You Are?
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National Park Service Director Jarvis Addresses The Value and Importance Of Maintaining Civil War Sites
Submitted by Jon Jarvis on July 25, 2011 - National Parks Traveler Editor’s note: As the National Park Service last week commemorated the start of the Civil War 150 years ago, Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis addressed an audience at the Manassas National Battlefield and … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefield Preservation
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, America, American Revolution, Antietam, Appomattox, battlefield, Chancellorsville, Civil War, District of Columbia, Dred Scott, Founding Fathers, Gettysburg, Jonathan Jarvis, LeRoy Pope Walker, Manassas, National Park Service, North, Quaker Guns, Robert E. Lee, Shelby Foote, Shiloh, Slavery, South, Stonewall, Supreme Court, Thomas J. Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, Vicksburg, Virginia
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Manassas rescue fueled preservation movement
Manassas was where today’s battlefield preservation efforts began, with an assist from Fredericksburg. By CLINT SCHEMMER A hundred and fifty years ago Thursday near this railroad junction, terrible bloodshed occurred. Millions know the event today as the First Battle … Continue reading
150th Anniversary Reenactment of the First Battle of Manassas/Bull Run Will Occur as Scheduled July 23-24, 2011
PRINCE WILLIAM AND MANASSAS, Va., July 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The commemorative reenactment of The First Battle of Manassas/Bull Run will proceed as scheduled on Saturday, July 23 and Sunday, July 24, 2011 at Pageland Farm in Gainesville, VA. Roughly 17,000 spectators are expected to watch this definitive … Continue reading
Posted in 1861, Commemoration, Reenactment
Tagged 150th, 1st Bull Run, 1st Manassas, Commemoration, Gainesville, National Park Service, Pageland Farm, PRNewswire, Reenactment, Sesquicentennial, Virginia
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Park Board attorney says it can’t change Lake Calhoun’s name
By Anthony Lonetree, Star Tribune Lake Calhoun or Lake Humphrey? Never mind, an attorney suggests. In a three-page opinion addressing a potential renaming of Lake Calhoun, Brian Rice, attorney for the Minneapolis Park Board, says he believes the board “has … Continue reading
Civil War 150th Anniversary Events at Manassas National Battlefield
Originally posted by Brian at The District. Thursday, July 21, will be the 150th anniversary of the first Battle of Manassas, one of the fiercest battles in the Civil War. Throughout the week ahead, Manassas and other area landmarks will hold … Continue reading
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Tagged Bull Run, Manassas, Reenactment, Sesquicentennial, Virginia
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