It is conceivable that some members of this history forum would want to see 
this Fort Monroe message that I circulated this morning. Thanks.
Steve Corneliussen
Poquoson, Virginia

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Concerning post-Army Fort Monroe, no Virginia leader has ever proclaimed 
anything remotely like yesterday's impassioned declaration from Governor 
McAuliffe that the preposterously split national monument (depicted at 
FortMonroeNationalPark.org) must be unified.

However, unification will be opposed by the selfish special interests that 
distorted the Fort Monroe judgment of his predecessors in both parties. I’ve 
seen early, distant hints of it already.

So I hope friends of Fort Monroe—Facebook users in particular—will spread 
the word enthusiastically. The Facebook page Save Fort Monroe shows the 
attached photo [[omitted, of course, for the Virginia History forum]] 
together with this:
QUOTE
Gov. McAuliffe declared: "We shouldn't be cutting up Fort Monroe—it should 
be a continuous park, so people can enjoy it. I will not rest until we get 
it done." He was responding to friends of Fort Monroe who had come to a Dec. 
2 public event to encourage him with signs like the one pictured.
UNQUOTE

Further excerpts from Governor McAuliffe’s declaration:
* This is such a treasured asset that we have in the Commonwealth of 
Virginia. I have never felt that we have done what we need to do to take 
Fort Monroe to the level that it should be at. This could be not only one of 
Virginia's greatest treasures but one of America's greatest treasures. 
(Interrupted by applause and a shout of “Amen!”)
* We're making some great progress and hopefully we'll have some very 
important news, but we're pushing everybody as hard as we can including the 
federal government to get some resolution on this and we're pushing full 
speed ahead.

Steve Corneliussen
for the informal network Save Fort Monroe
(If you’re for unification, you’re a member)
Cell 757 813-6739
http://www.fortmonroenationalpark.org/ 

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