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On Aug 12, 2011, at 10:26 AM, S. Corneliussen wrote:
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> That's how powerful the development industry is. It's so powerful
> that it has placed both Preservation Virginia and the National Trust
> for Historic Preservation into the pitiful posture of recognizing
> the true value of the asset while at the same time cowering from the
> duty implied by each organization's name: the duty to stand up for
> protecting, nurturing and ultimately enhancing this national treasure.
>
> And if I may add, the same applies to the nation's historians, some
> of whom -- including Ed Ayers and Ira Berlin -- were outright
> snookered on the question at a panel-review symposium in early 2008
> by the political operatives in charge of the Fort Monroe planning.
> (Someone please ask me to justify that charge; all I need is the
> slightest nudge.)
Okay, I'll bite: please tell us more!
Thanks.
--Jurretta J. Heckscher
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