Kudos to Congress. It is about time. Anita > Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:06:23 -0400 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Congress approves major Va. heritage area > To: [log in to unmask] > > Wonderful news in the endless, and usually losing, battle to protect rural > land and historic (and historical) landscapes from the insatiable maw of > "development." > > --Jurretta Heckscher > > Congress Makes Long Stretch Between Va., Pa., a 'Heritage Area' > By Sandhya Somashekhar > Washington Post Staff Writer > Wednesday, April 30, 2008; 1:08 PM > > Congress voted yesterday to designate a 175-mile corridor stretching from > Monticello to Gettysburg -- an area dubbed by historians as the Journey > Through Hallowed Ground -- as a national heritage area. > > The region encompasses presidential homes, Civil War battlefields and other > historical sites along routes 15 and 231 in Virginia, Maryland and > Pennsylvania. Local activists and legislative leaders for three years have > been seeking the designation, which they hope will boost tourism and bring > in federal grants. > > "By designating this corridor as a national heritage area, the route will be > celebrated, honored and shared with our children, grandchildren and > generations to come," Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.), one of the main proponents > of the legislation, said in a statement. > > The House of Representatives voted 291 to 117 last night to grant the > designation; it passed the Senate earlier this month. If signed by President > Bush, the Journey Through Hallowed Ground will become the nation's 38th > national heritage area. > > For more information, go tohttp://www.hallowedground.org/content/view/396/57. > > ______________________________________ > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html _________________________________________________________________ Make i'm yours. Create a custom banner to support your cause. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Contribute/Default.aspx?source=TXT_TAGHM_MSN_Make_IM_Yours ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html