GDG- Civil War buffs couldn't see history for the trees

Alan D. Brunelle Alan.Brunelle at pobox.com
Wed Apr 23 12:33:43 CDT 2008


Robert K Coffman Jr. -Info From Data Corp. wrote:
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
> >From the article (quoting a native of Gettysburg who has since moved):   "If
> you're a true preservationist, then all the monuments and access roads need
> to go because they weren't there in 1863.  For that matter, most of the
> population, infrastructure, and business wasn't there either. If you are a
> true preservationist, then get rid of it all."
>
> Wow, so it's one extreme or the other? 

That's why they are called "extremes" <grin>

Alan


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