Stafford may get museum at Chatham Manor Stafford and Park Service to seek partnership for a county museum at Chatham Oct 10, 2009
"This is a win-win situation for everyone," said Russell P. Smith, superintendent of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, which includes Chatham. "This begins the process of telling the story of in the broader picture.". (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Orange vows to fight lawsuit against Walmart Attorney says Orange County will ask court to dismiss lawsuit against Walmart permit Sep 25, 2009
5-acre parcel northwest of the intersection of State Routes 3 and 20 and a quarter-mile from the entrance to Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. The lawsuit claims supervisors "brushed aside" mounting concerns about the negative impacts the store would have on the park and Civil War battlefield where Gens. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Wal-Mart opponents file lawsuit Sep 24, 2009
The plaintiffs will contest the Orange supervisors Aug. 25 decision granting a special-use permit for a 240,000-square-foot retail development near the eastern-Orange entrance to Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. The 138,000-square-foot Walmart would anchor the center, which is on the Wilderness battlefield. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Wal-Mart opponents file lawsuit Opponents of the planned Wal-Mart in Orange County file a lawsuit. Sep 24, 2009
5-acre parcel northwest of the intersection of State Routes 3 and 20 and a quarter-mile from the entrance to Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. The legal challenge contends the Board of Supervisors' 4-1 decision was "flawed in numerous respects." It claims that supervisors "brushed aside" mounting concerns about the negative impacts the store would have on the battlefield and park. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Walmart Near Va Battlefield Challenged Sep 24, 2009
FILE- This Aug. 7, 2009 file photo shows Russ Smith, National Park Service superintendent for the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, right, talks with Jim Campi, of the Civil War Preservation Trust as they discuss the proposed Wal-Mart site in front of the Ellwood house in Locust Grove, Va. Friday, Aug. 7, 2009. (ABC News -- Wire)
Foes urge Wal-Mart to reconsider Preservation coalition implores Wal-Mart's CEO to reconsider Wilderness site Aug 27, 2009
The site is a quarter-mile from Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. Eight private groups, called the Wilderness Battlefield Coalition, say the development and traffic it will bring will mar park visitors' experience and destroy scenic vistas. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Wal-Mart Battle Aug 25, 2009
In a July 13 letter to the board of supervisors, Webb, along with Virginia House of Delegates Speaker William Howell, a Republican, wrote, "[W]e strongly encourage your board to work closely with Wal-Mart to find an appropriate alternative site for the proposed in the vicinity of the proposed site yet situated outside the boundaries of Wilderness Battlefield and out of the view of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park.". Lawmakers from other states, such as Rep. (ABC News -- Business)
Click here to read more. Aug 6, 2009
To that end, SGI is also exploring potential connections with some of the largest undeveloped tracts in the region--the four battlefields within the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. Rusty Dennen: 540/374-5431 Email. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Military park seeking input National Park Service taking comments for management plan Jul 27, 2009
Its rangers, historians and top brass are eager to know what people want changed, improved or just left the same at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. So says Superintendent Russ Smith. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
The Democratic governor and GOP House leader note the importance of Virginia's Civil War battlefields.They are concerned about the proposed retail center 'at the gateway to Wilderness Battlefield in Orange.' Jul 16, 2009
They urged the board to work with Wal-Mart to "find an appropriate alternate site for the proposed retail center in the vicinity of the proposed site yet situated outside the boundaries of Wilderness Battlefield and out of view from the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park.". Wal-Mart wants to build a 138,000-square-foot Supercenter on part of a 51-acre, commercially zoned site at the intersection of State Routes 3 and 20. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
American history vanishing Jul 8, 2009
At Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, a Walmart might be built across from the main entry point. A garbage incinerator with a 350-foot smokestack was proposed for Monocacy Battlefield in northern Maryland. (NJ.com -- Times)
Monument to S.C. soldiers placed at Spotsylvania Courthouse battlefield Apr 11, 2009
"It wasn't just South Carolinians. There were North Carolinians, Louisianians, Mississippians all the way down through here," Davis said, motioning back and forth toward the sector's well-preserved trench lines, now part of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. "It's a rarity to get a monument put in a national park these days, and we've done that.". (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Battlefields get some tender loving care Volunteers help clean up battlefields across the state, including Wilderness and Brandy Station Apr 5, 2009
In Orange, volunteers helped pick up trash and brush that lined the roads in and around the 2,700-acre park, the largest part of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. One man came all the way from Inverness, Ill. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
