Journey Through Hallowed Ground: Gettysburg to Charlottesville

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About Journey Through Hallowed Ground: Gettysburg to Charlottesville

In 2005, the National Trust for Historic Preservation listed the historic corridor along US Route 15 and Virginia Route 20 from Gettysburg to Charlottesville as one of the most endangered historic areas in the country.

This stretch of land, less than 200 miles long, has witnessed a disproportionate amount of US history: the greatest concentration of Civil War battlefields in the country, the homes of four US Presidents (Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Eisenhower), African American sites, scenic rivers and countryside, etc. Virtually the entire length of the corridor is threatened, by explosive growth in the towns at the two ends of the corridor, exurban sprawl from Washington, DC, etc.

This pool is for any photos taken along this corridor, particularly historic sites, endangered sites, or sprawl that threatens to encroach on this "hallowed ground".

www.hallowedground.org/

www.preservationnation.org/travel-and-sites/sites/nationw...

www.nps.gov/nr/travel/journey/preserving.htm