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Gang, Dirk Kempthorne, new Interior Secretary, is already having a positive effect on battlefield preservation. As Governor of Idaho, he was known as a CW buff and very interested in preservation. He also reportedly kept an ancestor's uniform in his office. He even yanked the lanyard of one of our two original Napoleons in the Idaho Historical Museum during a demonstration. This is great news for CWPT, us and the country.
INTERIOR SECRETARY KEMPTHORNE JOINS CWPT TO PROMOTE PRESERVATION OF FREDERICKSBURG BATTLEFIELD
Monday, October 16, 2006 at 10:45 a.m.
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Contacts: Jim Campi (CWPT), 202-277-8560
Mary Goundrey (CWPT), 202-558-8971
Beth Newburger (Epoch), 571-436-0887
(Fredericksburg, Va., 10/12/2006) – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne will be the keynote speaker at a news conference to promote battlefield preservation on Monday, October 16, 2006. The news conference, hosted by the Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT), will be held at the historic Slaughter Pen Farm on the Fredericksburg Battlefield.
Joining Secretary Kempthorne at the news conference will be CWPT President James Lighthizer, the Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, Bill Howell, and other state and local dignitaries.
The purpose of the news conference is to celebrate the most expensive private battlefield acquisition project in history: the $12 million purchase of the Slaughter Pen Farm. The event will highlight how private fundraising efforts, combined with grants from federal and state government sources, came together to rescue this extraordinary historic resource.
The news conference will be held at 10:45 a.m. on the Slaughter Pen Farm property along Tidewater Trail (Route 2) south of Fredericksburg in Spotsylvania County, Va. Following the news conference, noted historian Frank O’Reilly will conduct a public tour of the 208-acre property.
WHAT: News conference at Slaughter Pen Farm on Fredericksburg Battlefield
WHO: Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne, Virginia Speaker of the House Bill Howell, CWPT President Jim Lighthizer, and other notables
WHEN: Monday, October, 16, 2006 at 10:45 a.m.
WHERE: Slaughter Pen Farm, 11300 block of Tidewater Trail (Va. Route 2), Fredericksburg, Va.
The Civil War Preservation Trust is a 70,000-member nonprofit battlefield preservation organization. Its mission is to preserve our nation's endangered Civil War sites and promote appreciation of these hallowed grounds. CWPT's website is located at www.civilwar.org.
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Jim Campi, Policy and Communications Director
Civil War Preservation Trust
1331 H Street NW
Suite 1001
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 367-1861
INTERIOR SECRETARY KEMPTHORNE JOINS CWPT TO PROMOTE PRESERVATION OF FREDERICKSBURG BATTLEFIELD
Monday, October 16, 2006 at 10:45 a.m.
For Daybooks/Calendars of Events
Contacts: Jim Campi (CWPT), 202-277-8560
Mary Goundrey (CWPT), 202-558-8971
Beth Newburger (Epoch), 571-436-0887
(Fredericksburg, Va., 10/12/2006) – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne will be the keynote speaker at a news conference to promote battlefield preservation on Monday, October 16, 2006. The news conference, hosted by the Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT), will be held at the historic Slaughter Pen Farm on the Fredericksburg Battlefield.
Joining Secretary Kempthorne at the news conference will be CWPT President James Lighthizer, the Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, Bill Howell, and other state and local dignitaries.
The purpose of the news conference is to celebrate the most expensive private battlefield acquisition project in history: the $12 million purchase of the Slaughter Pen Farm. The event will highlight how private fundraising efforts, combined with grants from federal and state government sources, came together to rescue this extraordinary historic resource.
The news conference will be held at 10:45 a.m. on the Slaughter Pen Farm property along Tidewater Trail (Route 2) south of Fredericksburg in Spotsylvania County, Va. Following the news conference, noted historian Frank O’Reilly will conduct a public tour of the 208-acre property.
WHAT: News conference at Slaughter Pen Farm on Fredericksburg Battlefield
WHO: Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne, Virginia Speaker of the House Bill Howell, CWPT President Jim Lighthizer, and other notables
WHEN: Monday, October, 16, 2006 at 10:45 a.m.
WHERE: Slaughter Pen Farm, 11300 block of Tidewater Trail (Va. Route 2), Fredericksburg, Va.
The Civil War Preservation Trust is a 70,000-member nonprofit battlefield preservation organization. Its mission is to preserve our nation's endangered Civil War sites and promote appreciation of these hallowed grounds. CWPT's website is located at www.civilwar.org.
---------------------------------------------------------
Jim Campi, Policy and Communications Director
Civil War Preservation Trust
1331 H Street NW
Suite 1001
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 367-1861
