Archive for the 'Battlefield Preservation' Category

Virginia Boy Adopts Confederate Grave

  Date published: 8/17/2009 – Fredericksburg.com BY PETE CIHELKA Original Article About a year ago, Jackson Lee Sulcer (above), 7, came to the Confederate Cemetery in Fredericksburg looking for a dirty grave. He happened on the grave site of Virginia soldier Samuel Davis, which appeared unkempt to the boy, so he decided to tidy it [...]

State of Florida closes purchase of Natural Bridge battlefield

     On Wednesday, the state of Florida closed on the purchase of almost 55 acres of land previously owned by the Rakestraw family including a large portion of the land in which the battle of Natural Bridge was fought upon. This battle was the second largest battle fought in the state of Florida and occurred [...]

Wal*Mart looks to put a Supercenter next to the Wilderness Battlefield

     If it wasn’t enough that Wal-Mart already has one of these monstrosities every 5 miles along every major highway and dirt road, they now want to put one immediately next to the Wilderness Battlefield in Orange County, Virginia.  A formal application for the project was filed on Friday, December 5, 2008.       A group [...]