From the March 14th Baltimore Sun. By Matthew Hay Brown.
Back in September 1862 a big battle took place on the banks of Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland. Today, another battle looms over these hallowed acres.
A 120 foot cell phone tower is being built outside park boundaries, but the top 30 feet will rise above the treeline. It will be disguised as a silo, but, even then....
Antietam is regarded as a prime battleground that has not suffered the encroachments of urbanization and commercialization like others.
The tower proposal has caused the Civil War Preservation Trust to list Antietam among its top ten most-endangered sites for 2008.
Sixty percent of the park's land has been added since 1990. Other significant changes to the landscape is the stone observation tower put up by the War Department in 1890 to assist in officer training, the various markers and memorials, and roads have been paved.
Interesting Comments
There were four comments when I looked earlier today.
corbs wrote: "come on this place is old and who cares anymore. stop gettin in the way of progress! pave over the whole thing if i can get better cell reception."
Bruce replied: "corbs you are a complete idiot. I'm willing to bet you're young and could care less about history." He then went on to tell why history is important.
Can't wait to see what else transpires tomorrow.
Read my Lips. No Cell Towers, Even if corbs Wants One. --Old B-Runner
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