Great news from Winchester, VA: Over 200 acres of battlefield preserved from development and ruin.
The sale will preserve 209 acres of woods and hayfields on one of Northern Virginia’s most significant battle sites, where Yankee and Rebel forces waged brutal hand-to-hand combat for control of the Shenandoah Valley. Preservation groups will add the land to their holdings to create a 575-acre park with trails, interpretive signs and free public access.
YOU CAN HELP. In fact, we all need to help. This was a sale, not a gift. “A $1 million grant from the state will contribute to acquiring the land, and by May the two preservation groups will need to raise the remaining $2.35 million through grants and private donations.” Go HERE and HERE.
This is a truly wonderful development, no pun intended. Winchester is being assaulted by the same problems that ruined urbanized much of NoVa. Better still, the land will continue to be a working farm. A tremendous round of applause is due to the Huntsberry family for this generous and far-sighted act.
