tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post3519624145165068945..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Hold-Up at Barrett’s FarmUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-58432178021945077312011-06-01T21:46:18.539-05:002011-06-01T21:46:18.539-05:00I’m quoting from this webpage of the private Conse...I’m quoting from <a href="http://www.conservationfund.org/news/gettysburg-battefield-gains-land" rel="nofollow">this webpage</a> of the private Conservation Fund:<br />“Today the U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, the National Park Service and The Conservation Fund announce the incorporation of a historic Civil War battlefield site at Gettysburg into the Gettysburg National Military Park. . . . In 2008, with support from the Pennsylvania Congressional delegation, the U.S. Congress appropriated funding from the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) to enable the National Park Service to acquire this property. . . . This conservation project at Gettysburg, as well as other efforts to protect our national resources and heritage for future generations, would not be possible without financial support from the LWCF. To build on the success of LWCF, The Conservation Fund and the conservation community strongly support President Obama’s America's Great Outdoors Initiative that proposes full funding for this crucial program in Fiscal Year 2012.” <br /><br />As for public-private partnerships, the posting explains how the Save Our Heritage non-profit has already been involved in acquiring and preserving the Barrett property. <br /><br />Regional prejudices aren’t pretty, especially when they’re based on ignorance of the facts.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-49771006745224570992011-06-01T18:29:34.671-05:002011-06-01T18:29:34.671-05:00I have been a member of the Friends of Gettysburg ...I have been a member of the Friends of Gettysburg and its predecessor organization for a number of years. During these years the organization has acquired land on which the battle was fought, obtained easements and funded many renovations and projects on the battlefield in conjunction with the National Park Service. <br /> Rather than bemoaning the fact that a budget is wrapped up in politics (what a shock that would be to the minutemen), it would seem to me that some private foundation or organization could just as easily acquire the property and turn it over to the National Park Service. The Boston area has many large wealthy corporations and foundations who could be approached.<br /> A private/public partnership to acquire and maintain the land is the solution. Massachusettians may look to the Government as the solution to every problem, but most of the rest of the country doesn't.EJWitekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05796418061787943596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-196289075835295192011-05-25T18:34:19.813-05:002011-05-25T18:34:19.813-05:00This angers me to no end. I have marched the trail...This angers me to no end. I have marched the trail from Acton to Concord for many years. I even wrote a letter to the Concord selectmen many years ago urging them to refurbish the farm due to its historical significance. But unfortunately as we all know politics plays an unfortunate role in almost everything. To hold up restoration is doing a disservice to historians and public alike. No Barrett's farm, no reason for Gage to march out. So simple isn't it???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com