FrazierC
First Sergeant
- Joined
- Sep 20, 2012
I'm sitting in a Quality Inn on the Williamsburg Battlefield. Literally, on the battlefield. There is one old roadside marker to show where the battle took place. 4,000 casualties in a contest that lasted all day. Of the 11 redoubts on the "Williamsburg Line", I have seen one intact. The rest were flattened to build CVS Pharmacies, a Wawa Gas Station, and a suburb of Colonial Williamsburg. I don't mean to complain, but the battle here was pretty significant and there's almost nothing to mark it. Someone who lives here didn't believe me when I told him a Civil War battle was fought here. Any thoughts on how important preservation is?