Walmart Wants To Build on Hollowed Ground...

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From ABC news.... After much controversy, officials in central Virginia approved plans to build a Wal-Mart Supercenter early Tuesday near one of the nation's most historic Civil War battlefields. The plan has caused quite a stir in the surrounding community and across the nation. A painting depicts Union and Confederate troops fighting during the May 1864 Battle of the... A painting depicts Union and Confederate troops fighting during the May 1864 Battle of the Wilderness in Virginia. On the same ground where the Civil War battle was fought almost a century and a half ago, Wal-Mart is now waging its case to build a new superstore. But members of the small rural Virginia community are arguing against the proposal. Hundreds of preservationists, politicians and local residents congregated at Orange County High School Monday evening to opine on whether a Wal-Mart Supercenter should be built near the Wilderness battlefield in central Virginia. In a 4-1 vote, the Orange County Board of Supervisors granted a permit to the world's biggest retailer, according to The Associated Press. Wal-Mart said construction could begin in a year. Those who descended on the event were not afraid to show their colors, some donning attire from the Civil War and others wearing the Wal-Mart smiley face, among other costumes. In the midst of the worst recession since the Great Depression, you might think that a company's proposal to build a superstore that would generate more than 300 jobs and around $500,000 annually in new tax revenues would be greeted with open arms. But you'd be wrong. In this area, the proposal triggered fightin' words. ============================================================================= I had two great grandfathers who fought in the battle of the Wilderness in Virginia and I think it is a shame that the Supervisors of Orange County gave approval to disturb this "Hallowed Ground" where many soldiers from both the North and South lost their lives in the Civil War. I say "Shame, Shame, Shame" on Walmart and those Supervisors. Walmart claims that the local residents had no objection to the plan, however soldiers from all of the States at that time, gave up their boys on that battlefield.