On Aug 12, 2011, at 10:26 AM, S. Corneliussen wrote:

>
> That's how powerful the development industry is. It's so powerful  
> that it has placed both Preservation Virginia and the National Trust  
> for Historic Preservation into the pitiful posture of recognizing  
> the true value of the asset while at the same time cowering from the  
> duty implied by each organization's name: the duty to stand up for  
> protecting, nurturing and ultimately enhancing this national treasure.
>
> And if I may add, the same applies to the nation's historians, some  
> of whom  -- including Ed Ayers and Ira Berlin -- were outright  
> snookered on the question at a panel-review symposium in early 2008  
> by the political operatives in charge of the Fort Monroe planning.  
> (Someone please ask me to justify that charge; all I need is the  
> slightest nudge.)


Okay, I'll bite: please tell us more!

Thanks.

--Jurretta J. Heckscher









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