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Article: Fort Monroe National Park: The clock is ticking.(Local)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- October 19, 2006
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Byline: LOUIS GUY GUEST COLUMNIST
By Louis Guy
Getting the future of Fort Monroe right is indeed a challenge, as The Pilot's Oct. 16 editorial suggests. But just because the Defense Department is walking away in 2011, Hampton must not let the federal government off the hook for preserving and protecting this historic, scenic and recreational treasure.
In an earlier round of base realignments and closures where Fort Monroe was a target, Sen. John Warner was quoted as saying that the Department of Defense should not try to save money by abandoning Fort Monroe because it would cost the feds just as much to operate it as a national park. The ...