Tag Archives: Manassas National Battlefield

First or Second?

Posted on August 31, 2012 by
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A word about preservation at Manassas

Posted on August 30, 2012 by

Preservation still ranks as one of the top concerns at Manassas National Battlefield. In the mid-1990s, preservationists averted potential disaster when they forced the Walt Disney corporation to scrub plans for a proposed history-oriented theme park in the Manassas area. … Continue reading →

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Middle Child and Second Fiddle: The Sad Fate of Second Manassas

Posted on August 29, 2012 by

Try as I might, I can’t persuade my daughter to explore anything to do with Second Manassas. It’s July 29, 2000. Steph is six but already the veteran of several battlefielding campaigns, and she’s particularly a fan of First Manassas … Continue reading →

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Standing Under the Blazing White Sun

Posted on March 3, 2012 by
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Statues of Stonewall: Manassas

Posted on December 26, 2011 by

First in a series The dawn of a legend: “There stands Jackson like a stone wall…”

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