After reading this article you'll see some of the collections will be a National Park locations..which leaves to question interpretation and of course will probably loose (mysteriously...again) some of those artifacts. Another wrong move by the MOC. David Anderson ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Every time I look at Atlanta I see what a quarter of a million Confederate soldiers died to prevent." ~ John Shelton Reed ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tarter, Brent (LVA) Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 7:52 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: News about Museum of the Confederacy An announcement from Richmond yesterday about the Museum of the Confederacy proposing to split its museum collections and presentations three ways was reported in the Richmond Times-Dispatch of 5 September 2007. It can be viewed on-line at http://www.timesdispatch.com/cva/ric/home.html I found nothing about this announcement on the Museum of the Confederacy's Web site this morning: http://www.moc.org/site/PageServer Brent Tarter The Library of Virginia [log in to unmask] Please note the new e-mail address. Please visit the Library of Virginia's Web site at http://www.lva.virginia.gov