At last. The U.S. House of Representatives has approved the designation of the Journey Through Hallowed Ground, a corridor running from Charlottesville to Gettysburg that encompasses presidential homes, Civil War battlefields and other historic sites, as a National Heritage Area. The measure now moves to the Senate for approval.
(For previous Bacon’s Rebellion coverage of the JTHG and its market-oriented approach to conserving Virginia’s northern piedmont, click here.)
Let’s hope the Senate can move faster than the House did. There is no time to lose in preserving this country’s previous historical heritage.