Posts belonging to Category 'Opinion/Editorial'
November 3, 2009 | Posted by javal
As students at the College of William and Mary, we all live in the “Historic Triangle.” Besides being college students, we are local residents and voters, and we have a vested interest in what goes on in Williamsburg. Currently, the Williamsburg Planning Commission is considering a project that will potentially develop 337 acres of land. [...]
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October 26, 2009 | Posted by javal
In this his latest book, John Keegan has attempted the impossible. The subtitle gives his game away. Instead of adding to the pile of chronicles of the American Civil War, he has written a critique of them, from the point of view of a deep-thinking, distinguished military historian. But he has tried to force this [...]
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October 21, 2009 | Posted by javal
Earlier this month on a balmy Sunday I visited Wilderness battlefield, scene of one of the most horrific battles ever fought.One hundred forty-five years ago, the armies of Gens. Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee clashed in the dense forests and underbrush along a five-mile front. It ended in a bloody stalemate, with [...]
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October 13, 2009 | Posted by javal
On May 4, 1864 James Larue McCown noted as the 5th Va. Co K. moved out, ” We are on the march. The morning is bright and pleasant: all nature seems smiling on this spring morn.” He fiddled nervously checking and rechecking his cartridge and cap box to make sure he was ready.
The march continued [...]
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September 25, 2009 | Posted by javal
No one’s seen the coming attractions, but you don’t need Roger Ebert to tell you that in this case the original has got to be better than the movie.
If the National Park Service is hoping for a cinematic blockbuster when it releases a movie version of the deeply missed Electric Map, it might be disappointed. [...]
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September 21, 2009 | Posted by javal
That nearly 570-acre national historic landmark at Old Point Comfort surrounds a moated fortress. It offers views across the bay, over Hampton Roads harbor and four centuries into America’s past.
The Army leaves in 2011. For complicated reasons, the Hampton City Council and Virginia’s governor exercise enormous power in planning this national treasure’s future.
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September 10, 2009 | Posted by javal
In the hierarchy of Civil War engagements, the Battle of the Wilderness doesn’t quite make the A-list. Although it ranks in the top 10 by the grisly measure of total casualties, it doesn’t enjoy the fame of Gettysburg or Antietam. Wilderness doesn’t even get top billing in its own national park, which includes four major [...]
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August 11, 2009 | Posted by javal
The controversy over the “Wilderness Wal-Mart” [editorial, Aug. 3] proposed in Virginia’s Orange County reminds me of the time in the 1990s when the Walt Disney Co. proposed building a theme park in western Prince William County.
The site that Disney selected was not historically significant, but it was only a few miles from the Manassas [...]
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August 7, 2009 | Posted by javal
Andersonville is known far and wide as a place where one can receive insight on the social history of the region, and history of the military, in particular the Civil War.
Over 80,000 tourists visit the Civil War Village of Andersonville annually. The National Park Service, the prison/cemetery and the National Prisoner of War Museum provide [...]
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August 7, 2009 | Posted by javal
As any good local history buff will tell you, this Sunday marks one of the most significant days in Culpeper’s Civil War heritage.
On Aug. 9, 1862, an advance Confederate force under Gen. Stonewall Jackson clashed with Union troops commanded by Gen. John Pope on the slopes of a large hill now known as Cedar Mountain.
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