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

Orange Town Council Notebook
In public hearing, the Orange Town Council considers resolution on All-American Road.
December 24, 2008, Orange County Review

WEPM News Anchor Robert Lyles gets comment from JTHG Communications Director, John K. Jones on Preserve America honorees
December 16, 2008, WEPM Radio, Martinsburg, West Virginia

Travel books worth giving (or getting)
For the history buff: "Journey through Hallowed Ground" by David Lillard takes you through America's historic corridor from Gettysburg to Monticello, VA.
December 12, 2008, Explorer’s Backpack

WTOP’s Hank Silverberg talks with JTHG President Cate Magennis Wyatt about inaugural
WTOP’s Radio's Hank Silverberg talks with JTHG President Cate Magennis Wyatt about inaugural: “Would you choose to watch the inaugural procession in Leesburg, or maybe on the Dulles Toll Road...instead of coming into DC? You may be able to....”
December 9, 2008, WTOP Radio

Group Wants Inauguration to Start in Gettysburg
The Inaugural Parade usually goes from Capitol Hill to the White House, but one local group is suggesting the inaugural events begin in Gettysburg. The Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership works to promote and preserve a 180-mile corridor between Monticello and Gettysburg… For the rest of the story.
December 8, 2008, WTOP.COM

Route 15 postcards make up book, Along Virginia's Route 15
The book is designed to encourage tourism in the Virginia Piedmont with particular emphasis on the counties of Loudoun, Fauquier, Culpeper, Orange and Albemarle.
December 8, 2008, Fredericksburg Freelance Star

Will Obama's Inaugural Procession Start in Gettysburg?
Journey Through Hallowed Ground President Cate Magennis Wyatt said the procession would give more people the opportunity to participate in the historic event and would fit into Obama's inauguration theme of "A New Birth of Freedom," which is derived from President Abraham Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address. The organization sent its proposal in a letter to Obama's Presidential Inaugural Committee and has enlisted the help of state and local officials to lend the idea support.
December 6, 2008, Civil War Librarian

Obama Inaugural Procession to Start in Gettysburg?
An established heritage organization wants Obama to begin his Jan. 20 inaugural procession to Washington, D.C., in Gettysburg - the northernmost point of Journey Through Hallowed Ground's 180-mile corridor through Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia.
December 5, 2008, The Hanover Evening Sun

In a Fiscal Bind, Loudoun Longs for Tourism Dollars
During the discussion, the group's president, Cate Magennis Wyatt, told supervisors of a plan to have President-elect Barack Obama's inaugural procession wind through Loudoun from Gettysburg and finish at the Lincoln Memorial. A group of local officials has sent a letter to Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D), who was national co-chairman of Obama's campaign, asking him to invite the president-elect.
December 4, 2008, Washington Post

How Will County Sell Itself? Journey Through Hallowed Ground, Redskins partnership among options.
The only TOT expenditure discussed at the public input session Monday, Dec. 1, the night before the meeting, was the Journey through Hallowed Ground funding, which a number of people showed up to support.
December 3, 2008, Cascades Connection

Group Eyes Inaugural Path from Gettysburg
A Loudoun historical society is pushing for President-elect Barack Obama to start his inaugural procession in Gettysburg, a historical tour that would link him to Presidents Bill Clinton and Thomas Jefferson.
December 3, 2008, Washington Post

Journey Director Applauds Region's Citizens, Elected Officials
Three years ago, the Loudoun County-based nonprofit The Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership announced an ambitious initiative to literally and figuratively shift the lens through which we and others view the history and landscape in our backyards: from Gettysburg to Monticello.
December 2, 2008, Loudoun Times

On the Road Again
For residents looking for a scenic and informative fall or winter trip, the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership has an interactive Web site and a guide book about the 180-mile corridor that runs from Gettysburg in Pennsylvania to Monticello in Charlottesville.
November 20, 2008, Fairfax County Times

Rich with history: Localities hope to cash in America’s past
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.
November 16, 2008, Charlottesville Daily Progress

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 180-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, 180 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 180-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