New Battles of Gettysburg
Thursday, December 7, 2006
It turns out Gettysburg is facing two other battles these days. The first is over a proposal to build a casino nearby that could bring the state up to $300 million annualy. Preservationists are crying foul and the regular NIMBY folks are claiming that the battlefield would be at risk. Here's a summary. A decision is expected later this month.
The other skirmish is over the old cyclorama building that is scheduled to be torn down when the Visitors' Center moves into new digs up the road in 2008. The current center and cyclorama building are on Cemetery Hill, centerpiece of the battle. In an odd alliance, historic preservationists are saying that the structure, built in 1958, is more historically valuable than the land on which it sits. Eh? They filed suit this week in Federal Court. Their case seems pretty lame.
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Posted by B Feiler at 7:23 PM
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