Some New News About an Old War.
1. FORTRESS MONROE-- Estimates have the cost of rehabilitating the 570 acre site of Fortress Monroe, Virginia, once the military leaves it at $500 million. Among the items on the agenda are buildings and structures and a museum. Jefferson Davis was held here for awhile after the war.
2. WALMART VS WILDERNESS-- Reports have Wal Mart eying a new store at the Wilderness battlefield. An anti Wal Mart group is girding for battle and has a video out featuring Grant and Lee lamblasting the store. The group is called Wal-Mart Watch.com and you can view the video at
http://action.walmartwatch.com/page/speakout/wilderness
3. FLYING THE FLAG-- This time the flag battle is out west. The Visalia Times of Delta, California, reports that Dr. John Riddle is flying the former Georgia state flag, which features the Confederate battle flag on it. Riddle says he lived a long time in Georgia and puts it up when he feels homesick.
His neighbors are disgusted, "That flag stands for a lot of really bad things that happened in our past." They say the flag went up just recently after Obama's victory in November.
4. NO JEFF FOR YOU-- The SCV blog of Nov. 22nd reports that the statue of Jefferson Davis will not be put up or stored at the American Civil War Center after all.
Now, You Know. --Old B-R'er
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
