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Article: Confederacy museum move raises hackles; History, budget weighed.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- November 21, 2005
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Byline: Christina Bellantoni, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Directors of the Museum of the Confederacy are trying to move the museum and the Confederate White House from downtown Richmond, and preservationists are girding to protect them.
The two sides today will testify before a state panel about how best to preserve the historical value and integrity of the mansion and reverse the museum's declining attendance and shrinking budget.
There's no consensus among panel members who are trying to come up with a recommendation about what to do with the museum and White House, which have been shadowed by the growing Medical College of Virginia (MCV) hospital, ...