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Manassas National Battlefield Park:

Manassas National Battlefield Park: see Bull Run; national parks and monuments (table).

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War wages over intersection: expansion proposals would encroach on hallowed ground. (Manassas National Battlefield Park, Virginia)(Brief Article) (National Parks)

Hallowed ground. (Manassas National Battlefield Park saved from development) (The Economist (US))

Embattled ground: Disney has withdrawn its plans to build a 3,000-acre theme park near Manassas, and opponents are claiming victory; but with the company looking for another Virginia site and land near the battlefield zoned for development, the war is not over yet. (Walt Disney Co.) (National Parks)

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Disney's America tackles history - and historians; opponents of the company's planned theme park fear the project will destroy northern Virginia's historic villages and battlefields. (Building Design & Construction)

The second battle for Petersburg: nearly 150 years after soldiers clashed at Petersburg, Virginia, a fight is being waged to make it the largest Civil War battlefield in the park system. (National Parks)

Out of ammunition: when privately held land inside a national park draws the eye of a developer, the character of these special places can quickly be lost. And if the Park Service doesn't receive the funds to purchase the land, the results could be tragic.(Valley Forge National Historical Park) (National Parks)

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