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NPR: Civil War Buffs Clash Over Proposed Wal-Mart

August 24, 2009 - No Comments

by Sarah Barnes

From today’s All Things Considered on National Public Radio:

Ailsa Chang/NPR

Civil War Buffs Clash Over Proposed Wal-Mart

by Ailsa Chang
The Battle of the Wilderness has given way to a battle over a Wal-Mart.

The discount giant wants to build a super store in Orange County, Va., near where a portion of the key 1864 Civil War battle was fought — on top of a hill that overlooks grassy fields and dense woods.

Wal-Mart says it’s not building on actual battlefield land. Its store would be on the edge, outside the national park.

Preservationists disagree. They say the proposed site might not be where actual fighting occurred, but it’s where a lot of war activity took place, such as where armies ran medical teams and reinforcements up and down.

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