November 12, 2009 | Posted by javal Members of the Manassas City Council like the idea of commemorating the 150th anniversary of the First Battle of Manassas so much that they’re ready to give up $100,000 to make it happen in 2011.
The battle, fought on July 21, 1861, was the first major engagement of the Civil War.
Creston M. Owen, chairman of the [...]
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November 4, 2009 | Posted by javal United States Senators Jim Webb (D-VA) and Mary L. Landrieu (D-LA) introduced the Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission Act of 2009 on October 22 to establish a Commission to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. The legislation has been referred to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee of which Senator Landrieu is a [...]
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November 3, 2009 | Posted by javal U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., has taken up a banner of history that has fallen at least on the field of battle.
She and fellow Democratic Sen. Jim Webb, of Virginia, have introduced the Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission Act of 2009 “to establish a commission to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War,” a release [...]
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October 30, 2009 | Posted by javal Bad lighting, “hooliganism,” thieves on the prowl: These are what plague the African American Civil War Memorial on U Street, a National Park Service-managed site that is in dire need of upgrades, its leaders say.
Congress has come through with a little help. Conferees wrestling with the $32 billion Interior Department and environment budget included $220,000, [...]
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October 29, 2009 | Posted by javal The Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) today applauded members of the U.S. House and Senate for including the largest ever single-year allocation for the federal Civil War Battlefield Preservation Program in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Interior Appropriations Act Conference Report (H Rept 111-316).
The conference report, scheduled for a final vote in both chambers later [...]
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October 29, 2009 | Posted by javal U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives Wednesday as the chamber took up the congresswoman’s resolution honoring the history and heritage of Harpers Ferry in light of the recent 150th anniversary of John Brown’s historic raid.
The congresswoman’s bipartisan legislation, House Resolution 568, was approved.
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October 20, 2009 | Posted by javal The Journey Through Hallowed Ground, a historic driving route that meanders 180 miles through four states, has been named a National Scenic Byway.
The road runs from Gettysburg, Pa., site of the famous Civil War battle, through Maryland and Jefferson County, W.Va., to Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s home in Virginia.
The route, which generally follows the Old Carolina [...]
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October 13, 2009 | Posted by javal With a milestone approaching, U.S. Sen. Jim Webb is seeking more federal dollars for Civil War battlefield preservation.
The Virginia Democrat has asked the chairman of four Senate committees to match the $9 million funding proposal of their counterparts in the House.
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October 6, 2009 | Posted by javal U.S. Senators Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) and Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) today announced that the Gordon-Lee Mansion in Chickamauga, Ga., will receive a $25,000 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission.
The funds will be used to convert the historic Gordon-Lee Mansion, which was built in 1847 and served as General Rosecrans’ headquarters during the Civil War, into a [...]
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September 21, 2009 | Posted by javal During floor consideration of the fiscal year 2010 Transportation Appropriations bill (HR 3288) an amendment offered by Senators Tom Coburn (R-OK) and John McCain (R-AZ) which would have prohibited any funding in the bill for museums was defeated by a vote of 41-57.
An additional Coburn/McCain amendment, which would have waived a requirement that states set [...]
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