[The_Victor]

Duvall, who is a descendant of Lee, said he will help preservationists in "chasing out" the retailer from a site near the Wilderness Battlefield.

Sounds like the proposed retail site is not actually on the battlefield.

[Joe 6-pack]

"Sounds like the proposed retail site is not actually on the battlefield."

Then I'm sure you also support Eddie Rendell's Gettysburg casinos, too...

[Badeye]

‘Duvall, who is a descendant of Lee, said he will help preservationists in “chasing out” the retailer from a site near the Wilderness Battlefield.
Sounds like the proposed retail site is not actually on the battlefield. ‘

Its not on the battlefield. I appreciate concerns about preserving the CW battlefields, having visited almost all of them in the ‘eastern theater’ including the Wilderness/Fredreicksburg/Chancellorsville location...but that Wal Mart means JOBS in a area that sorely needs them.

And I’ll add Robert E Lee would be embarrassed by the shear number of memorials to himself that currently exist in Virginia and at Gettysburg in Pennsylvania.

He would appreciate every one in honor of his troops.

Bottom line for me is Duvall would better serve the preservation by contributing and raising funds for those battlefields already preserved, and hurting for operating costs in today’s economy than stopping GROWTH of the local economy.

JMHO.