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Article: He wants tourists to enjoy the 'historic quadrangle': Steve Corneliussen believes the Hampton Army post's becoming a national park makes economic sense.
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- Daily Press (Newport News, VA)
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- March 19, 2007
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Byline: Jim Hodges
Mar. 19--NEWPORT NEWS -- For almost two years now, Steve Corneliussen has worked two jobs.
The one at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, where he is a science writer, keeps him and his family in a house in Poquoson. The other is trying to persuade anybody who will listen that Fort Monroe should become a national park when it ceases operation as an Army post in September 2011. Job Two doesn't pay particularly well, and it demands an increasing amount of time. But it has its rewards, including a remarkable history education over the past couple of years.
Shortly after Fort Monroe went on the base closings list, he ...