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Article: EDITORIAL: Visions collide on Fort Monroe.(Editorial)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- February 16, 2007
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Feb. 16--It will be another four years before the Army shutters Fort Monroe, ending a distinguished career in the military spanning three centuries. But before the General Assembly closes up shop this month, lawmakers must decide how best to use the time between now and 2011 readying Hampton Roads' durable sentry for a return to civilian life. Here's the issue: Should the commonwealth move out smartly on its own to study an array of options simultaneously? Or should it march in place for a few years pursuing a single long shot, turning Fort Monroe over to the National Park Service? Whoever ends up with it will have an extraordinary asset: a moated fortress ...