While standing beside a “War is Hell” exhibit at the Museum of Culpeper History, we overheard a soldier — one not that old, we might add — say to anyone who would listen: “War is indeed hell.”
That phrase alone, coupled with the power of the new exhibit, moved us. The museum is putting on an amazing display, showcasing all of the wars in which soldiers from Culpeper have fought. It is a sobering experience to see how many of our good men have been lost over the ages.
Director Lee Langston-Harrison and her staff deserve accolades for putting together such an interesting piece of history. We encourage everyone to visit the museum to take in the “War Is Hell” exhibit — it’s breathtaking.
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WILDERNESS: Speaking of history, a major corporation is threatening a renowned Civil War battlefield. The Wilderness, where Gens. Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant matched wits in 1864, was one of the bloodiest battles of the war. Today, its hallowed fields are among the most sacred in our nation.
Yet, in the name of all that is wrong with corporate America, Wal-Mart is dead set on building a megastore just outside the Wilderness border at Routes 3 and 20 in Orange County.
We’ve joined a long list of opponents to this plan, and we’re thankful that lawmakers from as far away as Texas and Vermont have recently spoken up against Wal-Mart as well. Their states had brigades who fought and died here, and it’s important to remember that this is not a regional or statewide matter, but one that impacts our entire country.
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FRIENDS: Keeping with the Wilderness theme, the battlefield’s “friends” group is one of the state’s premiere preservation groups, and we heartily applaud Zann Miner’s recent appointment as president. Miner, a Culpeper resident who writes a history column each Tuesday in the Star-Exponent, has an insatiable appetite for history. With Miner at the helm, we continue to expect good things from the Friends of Wilderness Battlefield.
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