I thought I had finally gotten somewhere until I saw items #9 and  11.
 
J South
 
 
In a message dated 10/24/2008 6:09:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
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Let me  see if I can list ten

1) It was the first landing site of the earliesT  Englishmen to settle in 
North America.

2) It was the first landing  site of the earliest Virginia explorers.

3) It was a site important to  Indian culture and defense prior to its 
adoption by the  Englishmen.

4) It has continously been a military location since before  the country or 
the state was established.

5) The military may have  mistakenly turned it loose, and may need it back 
again, preferrably  without buying back a lot of private property - it is 
just a good  defensible position.

6) The tidewater area is already far too developed  for its available 
resources. Limiting development by preserving open space  will help conserve 
the limited water and other resources.

7) The  area is a treasure trove for archeological digs that can be spread 
over  unlimited time by not concreted over the vast stretches of property. No 
 
only will the site yield evidence of first occupants, but also concrete  
evidence of the four hundred years of euro-occupation of the  land.

8) Use of the land as a designated historical site will preserve  the old and 
precious buildings where out history took shape, and use of  the adjoining 
land as park area will allow development of land, water, and  beach 
recreational resources which may be privitized or not as desired  down the 
line.

9) Slavery facts can be provided a collection place  among the buildings to 
be preserved.

10) Revolutionary War and  Civil War facts and artifacts can be provided a 
collection place among the  building to be preserved.

11) Native American facts and artifacts can  be provided a collection place 
among the buildings to be  preserved.

Ooops, I made it to 11..

Anne


Anne  Pemberton
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