Anita: Hi. This is Jane. Where have you been? Can we talk off line? Jane. -----Original Message----- >From: Anita Wills <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Apr 30, 2008 8:26 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Congress approves major Va. heritage area > >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 Lillian Jane Steele ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html