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FROM THE CIVIL WAR PRESERVATION TRUST:
Top Ten most endangered battlefields
1) Cedar Creek, Virginia
October 19, 1864
The threat to Cedar Creek is as dire and immediate as any faced at a Civil War battlefield. The O-N Minerals Company has filed an application with Frederick County to rezone 639 acres from "rural" to "extractive manufacturing" so as to expand its current mining operations with five additional quarries. The property in question is adjacent to the Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park. According to the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation, at least 60 percent of this property is core battlefield land.
In June 2006, the Frederick County Planning Commission voted unanimously against the O-N rezoning application. However, the final decision rests ultimately with the Frederick County Board of Supervisors. That decision is expected later in 2007.
Top Ten most endangered battlefields
1) Cedar Creek, Virginia
October 19, 1864
The threat to Cedar Creek is as dire and immediate as any faced at a Civil War battlefield. The O-N Minerals Company has filed an application with Frederick County to rezone 639 acres from "rural" to "extractive manufacturing" so as to expand its current mining operations with five additional quarries. The property in question is adjacent to the Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park. According to the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation, at least 60 percent of this property is core battlefield land.
In June 2006, the Frederick County Planning Commission voted unanimously against the O-N rezoning application. However, the final decision rests ultimately with the Frederick County Board of Supervisors. That decision is expected later in 2007.