WILDERNESS, MINUTE MAN BATTLEFIELDS RETURN TO LIST OF NATION'S 11 MOST ENDANGERED HISTORIC PLACES
WASHINGTON, May 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Wilderness Battlefield and Minute Man National Historical Park once again have been listed among the nation's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places, a stark indication of the urgent and ongoing need to protect even our most hallowed grounds from the relentless forces of development and expansion.
- "Today, safeguarding our battlefields so that future generations will understand what was risked on their behalf requires fierce advocates no lest steadfast in their convictions."
- The Wilderness, a pivotal May 1864 battle and turning point in the Civil War, is a unit of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park.
- It was previously on the list in 2010 when threatened by construction of a Walmart Superstore.
- In 2003, Minute Man was also listed due to the effects of the airport on the park, which commemorates the first engagements of the American Revolution in April 1775.