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This is disturbing...
My family on both sides fought in the American Revolution.
I visit grave sites of family who fought where they are buried in valley in Pennsylvania.
God Bless our Troops.
This is disturbing...
My family on both sides fought in the American Revolution.
I visit grave sites of family who fought where they are buried in valley in Pennsylvania.
God Bless our Troops.
The NPS can't manage what they have now.
This is a problem all over. Civil War sites are threatened too. It is important to at least keep the land open for further archeological study and later development as a park.
A battlefield doesn't have to be maintained like Gettysburg. Just keeping it in farmland or woods is a start. It is important to keeping the memory of the Revolution, War of 1812 and Civil War alive.
| New coin could help save NJ’s Revolutionary War battlefields | |
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(05/15/04) PRINCETON - The site where George Washington led troops in the Battle of Princeton is now in danger of being developed. But a new commemorative coin could come to the rescue of the historic Princeton site and other Revolutionary War battlefields across the country.
Historians say the Battle of Princeton was a turning point in the war. Historical societies say a lack of commitment from the government keeps them from turning a profit. But two bills before Congress could help save these cherished sites. One provides federal preservation grants; the other creates commemorative coins. It would take several years to get the coins minted. Until then, local historians say they'll continue fighting off the developers. |
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This country does seem to forget that a war was fought to gain independence from Britain. I am very interested in the Revolutionary War period and wish we had more monuments, memorials to those marvelous men who fought against all odds to claim victory of the most powerful military in the world. I am reading a great book on Nathanael Greene at this moment and it describes many of the battles mentioned as endangered ground in this article. They should NOT allow any cheap development to happen on those battlefields. Leave it open field if anything. That should not be touched.
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