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From: "Ernest Everett Blevins" <>
Subject: [SUVCW] From Hertiage News April 2008 e-newsletter
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 18:11:48 -0400


These three articles from the NPS Hertiage News online might be of interest

Ernie Blevins
List Administrator

Winter 2008 CRM Journal

The latest issue of CRM: The Journal of Heritage Stewardship includes an
essay by David Lowenthal – "Authenticities Past and Present" – and articles
on the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln, Adina DeZavala and the Alamo, the
history of Piscataway Park and the Accokeek Foundation, and the
post-conflict reconstruction of historic sites. In addition, the journal
offers research reports and review of books, exhibits, and websites. The
journal was mailed to its nearly 8,000 subscribers and will be online
shortly. www.nps.gov/history/CRMJournal
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Endangered Civil War Battlefields

The Civil War Preservation Trust has released its annual report listing the
10 most endangered historic battlegrounds. History Under Siege: A Guide to
America's Most Endangered Civil War Battlefields identifies the most
threatened Civil War sites in the United States and what can be done to
rescue them. Among the sites included in the report are Antietam, Maryland,
where on September 17, 1862, the Battle of Antietam ended
Confederate General Robert E. Lee's first attempt to invade the North.
Today, Antietam, which has served as a model of battlefield preservation, is
threatened with a 120-foot-tall cellular tower that would be visible
from all of the battlefield's most famous vantage points. The report is
online. http://www.civilwar.org/mebr2008/
http://www.nps.gov/anti/
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Clean-up Day at Civil War Battlefields

Join volunteers across the country for the 12th annual Civil War battlefield
clean-up day on April 5. Sponsored by the Civil War Preservation Trust with
a grant from the History Channel, 110 sites in 24 states – including
Mansfield Battlefield in Louisiana, Antietam Battlefield in Maryland,
Wilson's Creek Battlefield in Missouri, and the Wilderness
Battlefield in Virginia – are signed up to participate. In exchange for
their hard work, volunteers receive T-shirts and can listen to local
historians describe the significance of the site they are helping.
http://www.civilwar.org/parkday/

--
Ernest Everett Blevins, MFA • Blevins Historical Research
110 Evergreen Way • Villa Rica, Georgia 30180
• 770-456-1876

Historic Preservation Consultant -- Historical and Architectural Research --
Genealogical (Family) Research -- Preservation Planning and Documentation --
House History

Member: American Planning Association, New England Historic Genealogical
Society, Sons of the American Revolution, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Sons
of Union Veterans, and member of numerous other lineage and heritage
societies.


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