Read the article in today’s Free Lance-Star that talks about how the Wilderness Battlefield Coalition is not giving up in the battle to protect the Wilderness Battlefield. The Coalition sent a letter to Walmart’s CEO yesterday, urging the company to reconsider its location in Orange County and find an alternate site that doesn’t harm the battlefield and National Park.
Although the Board of Supervisors voted in favor of the proposal, Walmart still has it in its power to do the right and gain positive publicity for protecting one of our nation’s most important Civil War battlefields.
Can anyone tell us why Walmart needs more stores? They already are the largest retailer in the world. This makes me think there is something else going on with them. Perhaps something along the line of purposefully conjured bankruptcy and then bail-outs when your business cannot quite manage their own short-sighted plans. Open more stores…make more money! Any business owner should have learned that is not always the case.
Furthermore, we should preserve our existing battlefields carefully, with a thought for our future as best we can. These fields truly are hallowed by the blood shed on them. No matter what your religiousness or lack thereof. We are all brothers and have all been touched by these sacrifices.
Let us think beyond our noses to what else might come along and what it’s ripple effect could be.