on preservation

“Some kid a hundred years from now is going to get interested in the Civil War and want to see these places. He’s going to go down there and be standing in a parking lot. I’m fighting for that kid.” - the late Civil War historian, Brian Pohanka [I was watching an episode of Civil War journal tonight and I still have trouble believing that Pohanka died this past June.  What a terrible loss to our little fraternity and sorority of Civil War buffs.]

Mr. Pohanka would be pleased to know that the city of Franklin purchased and knocked down the infamous Pizza Hut located on the ground where famous Confederate general Patrick Cleburne was killed on November 30.

Tags: battlefields, civil war, Gettysburg