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In the News - 2006 & Before Print E-mail

folder tabs 2007 - 2008 articles

News articles and stories concerning The Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership.

Hallowed Ground
This week the Washington Smart Growth Alliance recognized a jewel that casts its brilliance across several states. The group, self-described as a coalition of "regional business interests and environmental nonprofits," placed the Journey ... Partnership as a top conservation priority...
October 21, 2006 Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, VA

Where America Happened: Historic Past Can Boost State's Economic Future
Cate Magennis Wyatt, Times-Dispatch Guest Columnist. The National Heritage Area legislation is important for Virginia. It is intended to spur economic growth by raising to national prominence the chapters of American history that were written by the men and women...
September 27, 2006 Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, VA

Letters to the Editor - Hallowed Heritage
The comments about Sen. George Allen's sponsorship of legislation to create a Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area is unfair in its criticism of an immensely supported and historically important initiative...
August 25, 2006 The Washington Times, Washington, DC

Podcasts Offer Look at History
County middle-schoolers use technology to share adventures. They hiked, biked, and canoed through The Journey while recording their experiences...
July 22, 2006 Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Va

Where America Happened – A Map for Kids
A map of The Journey designed to interest kids.
July 4, 2006 Washington Post, Kids Post Section

Thurmont board looks to boost tourism along 15
... 28 to sign a letter of support for the organization — The Journey Through Hallowed Ground — dedicated to the preservation and promotion of historic sites ...
March 9, 2006 Business Gazette, Gaithersburg, MD

Journey Through Hallowed Ground no threat to property rights
A JTHG National Heritage Area is a win-win for local communities and for all Americans. There are no tradeoffs in this legislation. It celebrates our historic resources, supports our current businesses and protects personal property rights...
June 13, 2006 Fauquier Times-Democrat, Warrenton, VA

Money Well Spent - Numbers show that a $259,000 tourism ad budget is worth every cent
...visitors to Frederick County who responded to tourism council advertisements spent $16.65 for every dollar spent on ads ...
January 28, 2006 Frederick News Post, Frederick MD

Historic corridor stretches across places where our history was born
... The drive north from Monticello to Gettysburg, Pa., is an astonishing journey through history crammed into a swath of America only 175 miles long ...
December 4, 2005 Richmond Times Dispatch, Richmond,VA

Sprawl Vs. History
A public-private collaboration called The Journey Through Hallowed Ground initiative, ... seeks to balance economic development and historic preservation...
November 4, 2005 Hartford Courant

Preserving Hallowed Ground
Effort Grows Along 175 Miles For National Heritage Area
August 13, 2005 Washington Post

Endangered Historic Places
An audio road trip along the route
June 10, 2005 WAMU FM Metro Connection

U.S. 15 corridor endangered
June 7, 2005 Loudoun Times-Mirror, Centreville Times

Journey Through Hallowed Ground--another try at saving history. Pre-emptive strike Offense is the best defense when it comes to preserving Civil War sites
June 7, 2005 The Free Lance-Star

Pa.-to-Va. corridor called in danger- From Gettysburg to Monticello is affected, preservationists say
June 6, 2005 Richmond Times-Dispatch

Civil War corridor called 'endangered'
Edward Gunts, Sun architecture critic
June 6, 2005 The Baltimore Sun

'Hallowed Ground' at risk - National historic preservation group tackles sprawl on 'hallowed ground,' which includes areas west of Fredericksburg
June 4, 2005 The Free Lance-Star

Preserving a heritage
June 4, 2005 The Roanoke Times

Historic trail put on endangered list
June 3, 2005 Charlottesville Daily Progress
Racing Against Time
June 3, 2005 Culpeper Star Exponent

Trust Decries Development In Three-State Historic Area
June 3, 2005 The Washington Post

'Journey Through Hallowed Ground' Launched to Highlight, Protect Historic Sites in Three States
June 3, 2005 Leesburg Today

Hemingway home on endangered list
June 2, 2005 USA Today

Virginia sites on list of endangered places
June 2, 2005 WAVY-TV (VA)

Sprawl threatens U.S. historical sites
June 2, 2005 The Washington Examiner

Campaign pushes to protect U.S. 15’s Hallowed Ground
Proponents of a three-state-spanning “Journey Through Hallowed Ground” say they hope their effort might represent a similar turning point in the war against sprawl along the historically vital U.S. 15 corridor.  May 31, 2005 Loudoun Times-Mirror, Fauquier Times-Democrat, Reston Times

 

 

 
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