Interior Secretary Ken Salazar for this:
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Friday announced the addition of a 95-acre parcel at Gettysburg National Military Park, saying it caps nearly two decades of efforts to acquire the property.
What had most recently been a nine-hole golf course at the former Gettysburg Country Club will henceforth be known by its historical name — the Emanuel Harman Farm. Major fighting occurred there July 1, 1863, the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, the bloodiest battle of the Civil War and a key victory for the Union forces.
Gettysburg is the most popular Civil War battlefield park, and yet much of the actual battlefield is festooned with McDonald's restaurants and Quality Inn hotels. So it's always great to hear about sections of land being preserved and protected by the National Park Service, but there are so many other battlefields that are being slowly consumed by consumerism.
(via Ashby)