[Repeal The 17th]

Among the sites on this year's list is:
Harpers Ferry, W.Va.
In August 2006, a consortium of Jefferson County, W. Va. developers crossed onto National Park Service (NPS) property and dug two 1,900-foot-long trenches for water and sewer pipes. They did so without receiving a permit from NPS and, despite repeated requests to cease and desist, left nearly two acres of taxpayer-owned hallowed ground seriously compromised. Now, thanks to this illegal construction, the same developers are proposing a massive development along the ridgeline.

Gettysburg, Pa.,
According to The Gettysburg Times, the county estimates that 1,100 homes are either under construction or slated to begin shortly. Another 14,000 units have been proposed, and 6,500 more are foreseeable in the near future.

Spring Hill, Tenn.
Today, expansion of the Nashville and Franklin suburbs is eating away at large portions of the Spring Hill Battlefield. In January 2007, construction began on a massive commercial development – a 62-acre, 465,000-square-foot shopping center, which will contain a SuperTarget, Kohl's and 31 other retail units.

Cedar Creek, Va.
a rezoning application could allow the O-N Minerals Company to expand its current mining operations with five additional quarries across an area where at least 60 percent of the land is core battlefield.

Fort Morgan, Ala.
the once formidable Fort Morgan has fallen into significant disrepair. In 2006 the Alabama Historical Commission adopted a new plan to gradually increase staff and repair storm damage to the property. But full implementation of the management plan will require substantial state funding.

Iuka, Miss.
modern roadways penetrate the core battlefield and scene of the most significant fighting at Iuka. A motel was built on the spot where Lt. Cyrus Sears' 11th Ohio Battery unlimbered and served its guns in the heart of the battlefield; the building's foundation destroyed the hillside and valuable artifacts were lost.

Marietta, Ga.
huge sections of trenches and fortifications remain unprotected, and, in some instances, earthworks have been intentionally bulldozed to avoid complications that could scare away potential developers.

New Orleans Forts, La.
In August 2005, all three were devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Eighteen months later, though the initial cleanup has been completed, important questions remain about the future of the forts that once defended New Orleans.

Northern Piedmont, Md., Pa. and Va.
energy giants Dominion Virginia Power and Allegheny Power have proposed 500-kilovolt power lines that would devastate environmental, cultural and historical resources throughout the region. The most controversial route, proposed in Northern Virginia, would affect some 48,000 acres of land protected under preservation easements, including seven Civil War battlefields.

Petersburg, Va.
The 2006 federal Base Realignment and Closure commission report call for a drastic increase in the size of Fort Lee, a U.S. Army installation located adjacent to the Petersburg National Battlefield. Estimates are that the on-base population will increase by 119 percent and that approximately $1 billion will be spent on building upgrades and new construction. Such incredible growth in such a short time will threaten the Park's historic buildings, landscape and archeological resources.

[StoneWall Brigade]

I'll be sure to give money we must protect our battlefields

[Past Your Eyes]

Well, I've been to a few of those places. The one I'm most familiar with is Gettysburg. Since we first started to go there about 10 years ago, a massive amount of money has been spent and work has been done and is ongoing to preserve that place. All kinds of homes and businesses have been bought and demolished in order to make the place look as much as possible like it was in July 1863. We have been regular contributors to that effort.
I seriously fail to see how the place is on the list of "most endangered" unless that means that they want to protect every spot where a soldier from either side ever set foot during the entire conflict. People have to live. I think the place is amazingly well preserved. If it wasn't for all the monuments everywhere, it would be even better preserved.

[XRdsRev]

The loss of so many of America's battlefields dating back to before the American Revolution is disgraceful. I saw firsthand places like Monmouth Court House and Salem Church battlefields, where the blood of so many Americans was spilled, turned into shopping malls and housing developments with absolutely no concern for the events that transpired there so long ago. It's not a surprise to see that kids have very little understanding, appreciation and pride for American history when they see adults obliterating it for the sake of $$$$$ and convenience. Sad, very sad.

[vetvetdoug]

At the Battle of Iuka, the 11th Ohio Battery lost more men in one hour of battle than did any artillery battery (cumulative loss) during the entire Civil War. The 11th stood their ground and the Confederate Army under Sterling Price ran over them, wounding or killing every man of the battery. Every horse of the battery (about 80) were killed. Today, that hotel sits right on the very spot this occurred along Mississippi Highway 25.

[SmoothTalker]

"
In August 2006, a consortium of Jefferson County, W. Va. developers crossed onto National Park Service (NPS) property and dug two 1,900-foot-long trenches for water and sewer pipes. They did so without receiving a permit from NPS and, despite repeated requests to cease and desist, left nearly two acres of taxpayer-owned hallowed ground seriously compromised. Now, thanks to this illegal construction, the same developers are proposing a massive development along the ridgeline. "

They should be charged with something then.