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Political notes from Free Press staff writers Terri Hallenbeck, Sam Hemingway and Nancy Remsen

2.16.2009

From Vermont to Virginia

Here in Vermont, the Legislature passed a resolution calling on officials in Virginia to protect a key Civil War battlefield near a monument to Vermont soldiers rom encroaching development.

The actions did not go unnoticed down in Virginia. Here's the story in the Fredericksburg paper:

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2009/022009/02142009/446099

- Terri Hallenbeck

posted by vt.Buzz | 1:22 PM |

Comments:

Not that I am necessarily in favor of the development in question, but one of the leaders of the "save the battlefield" movement, interviewed on the Marc Johnson show on WDEV last week, acknowledged that the proposed development is actually 2 miles away from the battlefield.

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