The Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area is a 180-mile corridor from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania through Maryland and Harpers Ferry, West Virginia to Monticello in Charlottesville, Virginia. JTHG is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.<\/p>\n
Following the Walt Disney Company\u2019s failed attempt to build a \u201cDisney\u2019s America\u201d theme park near the Civil War\u2019s Manassas Battlefield in the early 1990s, a number of concerned groups, including the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Civil War Trust, the Piedmont Environmental Council, the Prince Charitable Trust and Scenic America joined in a concerted effort to protect the area\u2019s endangered cultural landscapes. Their advocacy led to the establishment of the Journey Through Hallowed Ground. The region was placed on the National Trust\u2019s list of the 11 most endangered places in the United States in 2005, declared by Congress as a National Heritage Area in 2008, and Route 15\/20 was named a National Scenic Byway in 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Following the Walt Disney Company\u2019s failed attempt to build a \u201cDisney\u2019s America\u201d theme park near the Civil War\u2019s Manassas Battlefield in the early 1990s, a number of concerned groups, including the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Civil War Trust, the Piedmont Environmental Council, the Prince Charitable Trust and Scenic America joined in a concerted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":3980,"parent":0,"menu_order":13,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"yoast_head":"\n