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News articles and stories concerning The Journey Through Hallowed
Ground Partnership.
Long
journey – Editorial
Despite objections from some, we believe the establishment
of this corridor was a wise and farsighted example of preserving history
for future generations. We salute those whose passion made it possible.
May 6, 2008, Frederick News Post
Congress
approves national heritage area
The Journey Through Hallowed Ground, an area of historically
significant sites within parts of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania,
has been designated by an act of Congress to become the 38th National Heritage
Area.
May 3, 2008, Frederick News Post
History is Human
Inside a peaked white tent on the grounds of President
James Madison’s vast green plantation, all eyes were on premier historian
David McCullough, an award-winning writer, a commanding public speaker and
host of The American Experience on PBS...a captivated crowd of more than
100 hung on his every word, absorbing a message that history is not just
politics, war or social issues.
History is also about music and literature, laws and finance, McCullough told
the historians, preservationists...
May 2, 2008, Culpeper Star-Exponent
Last Step for 175-Mile 'Journey' Historic Area
"Boy, it has been a long road," said Rep.
Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.), one of the main proponents of the legislation. "It
truly is hallowed ground, and I think it is really where American history began."
May 1, 2008, Washington Post
Journey Through Hallowed Ground Legislation Clears Congress
After a campaign that lasted for months, the legislation
authorizing the creation of the 38th National Preservation Area...surmounted
its last legislative hurdle yesterday. The journey to final passage was not
easy, as the bill faced several significant legislative roadblocks in the two-year
effort. But the efforts of the partnership to press the case for national recognition
with their political leaders. "That's what so profoundly impressed me," Magennis
Wyatt said, noting the difficulties of getting the final act passed.
April 30, 2008, Leesburg Today
Tourism
Officials Report Growth
Tourism-generated sales are up and new marketing programs
are being developed...The organization is also working with others to promote
the region's Civil War history and is waiting for the U.S. Senate to take action
on a bill that will establish the Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage
Area.
February 11, 2008, Frederick News Post
Black
History in Loudoun’s Landscape
Learn more about landmarks that help tell the story of African-Americans in
Loudoun County.
February 7, 2008, Loudoun Time- Mirror
High
School ‘Journey’ Camp Deadline Nears
This summer for the first time, high school students can participate in ...
a summer immersion camp/trek/seminar/high-tech project has been available only
to middle-schoolers in the past.
February 7, 2008, Loudoun Times-Mirror
Group's
Tour Offers Glimpses Of Area's Ties to Black History
In honor of Black History Month, representatives
from Journey Through Hallowed Ground took members of the news media on a
tour of sites in Loudoun and Fauquier counties that are significant to black
history.
February 3, 2008, Washington Post Loudoun Extra
Students
Can Gain Insight into John Brown, Harpers Ferry
Immersion in the history of local areas has the power
to transport students into a time much before their own, sparking new interests
and encouraging global thinking skills, educators say.
February 2, 2008, The Journal, Martinsburg, WV
Preserving
the Past–Group Recognizes Loudoun
In honor of Black History Month, representatives
from Journey Through Hallowed Ground guided members of the media Thursday
through local sites of importance to black history.
February 1, 2008, Washington Post Loudoun Extra
History,
lifestyles, and vistas are threatened
The easiest way--the way chosen by most communities
threatened by growth--is to pass zoning ordinances, enact restrictive comprehensive
plans, and file lawsuits against any developer who slips through the net. In
sum, you trample property rights into the red clay. Or you create an organization
like the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership, dedicated to preserving
the integrity of its communities while honoring the tenets of private property
and free enterprise.
January 27, 2008, The Free Lance-Star
'Extreme'
Journey expands to high school
The two-week leadership immersion program will give high-school students a hands-on
lesson in American heritage and leadership.
January 23, 2008, Loudoun Times-Mirror
Partnership
protects, promotes 'where America happened'
Established in 2005, the Waterford-based partnership
seeks to promote, preserve and create awareness of the region’s historical,
cultural, natural and agricultural resources.
January 22, 2008, Fauquier Times-Democrat
New
Board Sets New Direction
The board also approved a resolution of support for the Journey Through Hallowed
Ground…
January 4, 2008, Leesburg Today
Loudoun
Board Restores Key Powers to Supervisors
The board also voted to support a "Journey Through Hallowed Ground,"...that
the previous supervisors had worried would limit the rights of landowners in
the area to develop on their property.
January 4, 2008, Washington Post
Monticello
V.P. Led Land Conservation Efforts
Katherine “Kat” Imhoff leaves for a new
job. She was also instrumental in The Journey Through Hallowed Ground…
December 30, 2007, Charlottesville Daily
Progress
Balch
To Award Local History Honors
Cate Magennis Wyatt, president
of the Journey Through Hallowed Ground partnership, will receive recognition
of her appreciation for the region's history and efforts to preserve it.
October 26, 2007, Leesburg
Today, Leesburg, VA
Journey Through Hallowed Ground Passes House
Legislation to establish six more National Heritage Areas-including the Journey
Through Hallowed Ground--passed the U.S. House of Representatives.
October 25,
2007, Leesburg Today, Leesburg, VA
Odd Man Out
The proposed "Journey Through Hallowed Ground" is,
in fact, the marketing and economic development program Mr. Bartlett originally
assumed it to be, and it could play an important role in boosting tourism to
sites in the region.
October 25, 2007, Baltimore Sun editorial
Loudoun
Projects Earn Scenic Virginia Awards
The Creative Scenic Enhancement Award went to the Journey Through Hallowed
Ground partnership, which was cited as a scenic and culturally rich landscape
recognized as a region that holds more American history than any other corridor
in the nation.
October 16, 2007, Leesburg
Today
Virginians at the Capitol, Richmond Time Dispatch
A House committee last week approved a bill to establish a number of national
heritage areas, including one stretching between Virginia and Pennsylvania.
September 30, 2007, Richmond Time Dispatch
Journey Legislation Moves Toward House Vote
Legislation to create the Journey Through Hallowed
Ground National Heritage Area moved out of committee yesterday now awaits a
vote by the full House.
September
27, 2007, Leesburg Today, Leesburg,
VA
Autumn Journey Through Hallowed Ground
September, 2007, Piedmont Virginian
JTHG's Wine Selected as Wine of the Month
September, 2007, OnTap magazine
Public
Input Sought on Scenic Corridor
JTHG has invited area residents to a community planning
meeting…
September, 2007, Culpeper Star Exponent, Culpeper, VA
Photo Corner
Loudoun County kids taking part in a two week leardership and history camp.
August 23, 2007, Washington Post KidsPost
Prince
Michel Offering JTHG Wine Collection
Prince Michel Vineyard & Winery of Madison County are
lending their support to the JTHG and will donate $5 from the sale of each
bottle to support the group’s educational and heritage tourism
programs.
August 13, 2007, The Culpeper Star
Exponent, Culpeper, VA
Extreme
Summer Camp
For two weeks every summer, students in sixth through
eighth grades from Virginia public schools are participating in The Extreme
Journey Through Hallowed Ground Summer Camp, for hands-on lessons in American
heritage and leadership.
Leesburg
Today, July 31, 2007 and the Orange
County Review, August 2, 2007
Manassas
Might Join Historical Program
The city's Historic Resources Board plans to endorse
a resolution next month to join the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership.
June 10, 2007 The Washington Post
Governor Kaine Applauds Journey through Hallowed Ground Byway Designation
Sixty-six miles of Route 15 part of four-state, 175
mile corridor. “This road, with its beautiful scenic vistas and incredible
historic sites, is a treasure,” said Governor Kaine. “We’re
proud to have it as a jewel in the Virginia byway program.”....
May 29, 2007 Governor of Virginia Press Release - Richmond, VA
Hallowed
Ground – Journey through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area legislation
merits passage
As the Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage
Area inches toward legislative approval in Congress, those who feel threatened
by it are ratcheting up their anti-Big Brother rhetoric. But without any evidence
to back up their concerns, legislators should muster the momentum necessary
to approve the initiative....
March 21, 2007 The Free Lance-Star, Charlottesville, VA
Preserving
past is a key to our future - Our View
If the area’s claim to fame is that it offers the best of both worlds
- rich history and increasingly modern amenities - it is good to know steps
are being taken to guarantee that it will continue to do so in the future....
March 21, 2007 Culpeper Star Exponent - Culpeper, VA
Will
Local Roadway Become National Heritage Landmark?
Legislators recently introduced "The Journey
Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area" as a proposed bill
to Congress in hopes of protecting parts of...
January 19, 2007 NBC 25, Hagerstown, MD
History
abounds along 175-mile Hallowed Ground route
Virginia's deep historical roots is the underlying
theme of a push to gain federal recognition of the Journey Through Hallowed
Ground. The Journey partnership is seeking congressional approval of a bill
to designate the trail as a National Heritage Area...
January 1, 2007 The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, VA
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