http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090102/D95F79I00.html

Historians battle Wal-Mart over key Civil War site
Jan 2, 3:06 PM (ET)
By STEVE SZKOTAK

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LOCUST GROVE, Va. (AP) – Wal-Mart wants to build a Supercenter within a cannonshot of where Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant first fought, a proposal that has preservationists rallying to protect the key Civil War site.

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Can’t preserve everything? Can’t deny WalMart and the benefits of Chinese plastics?

And, the local politicians need the money!

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