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Lincoln Museum Collection Goes To State Museum & County Library In Indiana
By Kathryn Jorgensen
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The $20 million Lincoln Museum collection of Fort Wayne was removed from the museum in July for its new homes at the Indiana State Museum in Indianapolis and Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne.

CVBT Has Option To Buy 93 Acres At Wilderness Battlefield
By Scott C. Boyd
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — While the effort to halt Wal-Mart’s plans to build a huge supercenter on the Wilderness Battlefield in central Virginia seemingly falters, a historic preservation group has acquired an option to buy 93 acres of land on that same battlefield, about one mile away from the proposed Wal-Mart site.

Virginia Battlefield Stewardship Fund Is Named For Deborah Whittier Fitts
MIDDLEBURG, VA. — The Land Trust of Virginia Board of Directors has created a new fund, the Deborah Whittier Fitts Battlefield Stewardship Fund, as a means of recognizing and providing financial support for landowners interested in protecting properties where Civil War battles took place.

Memorial Hall & Ogden Art Museum ‘Bury The Hatchet’ In New Orleans
By Kathryn Jorgensen
NEW ORLEANS, La. — The Ogden Museum of Southern Art’s exhibit “Storming the Ramparts: Objects of Evidence” is notable for a couple of reasons.

GAO Report On Partnerships Doesn’t Cite Gettysburg; Critic Says He Won’t Give Up
By Kathryn Jorgensen
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The recently released 95-page General Accountability Office (GAO) report on National Park Service (NPS) management of donations and partnerships did not offer any ammunition to those who were hoping it would expose problems at Gettysburg National Military Park.

Funds Needed For Payment On Carter Cotton Gin Site
By Gregory L. Wade
FRANKLIN, Tenn. — Preservationists trying to save the Carter Cotton Gin site at the center of the Franklin Battlefield must raise close to $53,000 in order to make a $221,000 payment due in early September.

Reenactors To March For South Mountain & CWPT
MIDDLETOWN, Md. – Citizens for the Preservation of Middletown Valley (CPMV) will sponsor a Union reenactors’ march to commemorate the Battle of South Mountain on Saturday, Sept. 12. The battle was Sept. 14, 1862.

Updated 8/27/2009

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