<font color="yellow"><font size="4">This may be old news, but for those of us interested in Civil War battlefield preservation we recently had a great victory for the preservation and sanctity of the battlefield at Gettysburg.
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Board rejects slots parlor proposal near Gettysburg
By News Sentinel staff and wire
December 30, 2006
Preservationists, especially Civil War preservationists, got an early Christmas gift last week.
In Harrisburg, Pa., during a public hearing, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board rejected a proposal to build a 3,000-machine slots parlor one mile from the Gettysburg Battlefield.
"This is a great day for Gettysburg and for preservationists throughout the nation," said James Lighthizer, president of the Civil War Preservation Trust.
"By not allowing gambling to encroach on this famous town and battlefield, Pennsylvania has sent a clear message that it cares deeply for its historic treasures," he said.
It is no exaggeration to say that this is the most significant battlefield preservation victory since the defeat of Disney's proposed theme park at Manassas in the early 1990s, preservationists said.
"Together with the many thousands of Americans who have anxiously awaited this decision for some 20 months, I applaud the members of the Gaming Control Board and thank them for recognizing that Gettysburg and gambling don't mix," Lighthizer said.
"I sincerely hope this vote will serve to motivate preservationists to redouble their efforts to save the remainder of the Gettysburg Battlefield before it is lost forever," he said.
The casino proposal itself was merely a symptom of a larger development problem plaguing Gettysburg and many other Civil War battlefield communities, Lighthizer said.
CWPT works with other preservation groups to protect the Gettysburg battleground.
Since the Gettysburg slots parlor was first proposed in April 2005, CWPT has been one of the leading voices against the casino.
Earlier this year, the organization identified Gettysburg as one of the most endangered battlefields in the nation because of the slots proposal.
CWPT members collected more than 34,000 signatures in opposition to the casino.
The National Parks Conservation Association, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, No Casino Gettysburg, Preservation Pennsylvania and CWPT joined together as the Stop the Slots Coalition.
CWPT is a 70,000-member, nonprofit battlefield preservation organization. Its mission is to preserve the nation's endangered Civil War sites. Since 1987, the organization has saved more than 23,000 acres of hallowed ground throughout the United States, including 697 acres in and around Gettysburg. CWPT has also saved 1,141.83 acres in Tennessee.
For more information, visit
www.civilwar.org.
Copyright 2006, Knoxville News Sentinel Co.
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