Save Manassas | We Are Going to COURT to STOP the World's Largest Data Center
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The “world’s largest data center campus” doesn’t belong at Manassas Battlefield Park, or on any hallowed ground. The Trust is going to court to stop it! Please make a donation to support the Trust in this fight today. bit.ly/3wSOKyL
Learn More about our efforts to stop the Prince William Digital Gateway at Manassas: www.battlefields.org/news/ame...
The American Battlefield Trust preserves America’s hallowed battlegrounds and educates the public about what happened there and why it matters. We permanently protect these battlefields for future generations as a lasting and tangible memorial to the brave soldiers who fought in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Civil War.
Even if you can't donate, you can still join the fight by signing our petition! Thank you in advance! www.battlefields.org/preserve/speak-out/protect-virginia-battlefields-massive-data-centers?ms=home
Disgusting! Give em hell Battlefield trust!
Keep on with your efforts!
I'll be signing the petition for sure.
concrete from sea to sea and then in the sea Wind mills...
Let the billionaires go build it on their own homes
These Silicon Valley types are the same people to espouse for the environment to be preserved.
No
We need to protect historical sites and early American history but it is far more important to protect the environment. Its literally a mater of survival. The environment is our life support system.
they build a lot of their out of sight out of mind stuff in the south
Yes!!!! Exactly!!! Global warming. Except not from my mega project! It’s your cows that are the problem.
And take way YOUR air conditioning while almost no one is inside a data center.
THE NAME OF THE CORPORATIONS BEHIND THIS PROJECT NEED TO BE NAMED, IN THE INTEREST OF FULL DISCLOSURE! Let them have their public "black eye" so richly deserved.
Amazon
@@marissaawesome2422 Amazon = CIA
There will be no black eye, no one that matters to the project or it's profit gives a damn. Wayyyyyy too much money involved.
DOD/NSA, Amazon, some of the few possibilities.
A lot of times a shell company is made for these projects until the last stage. Google frequently does this with their new data center projects. Disney did something similar when it was buying up land for Walt Disney World.
It would not surprise me if the politicians who approved this have some kind of direct or indirect financial gain . It’s always follow the money.
Usually, when things get rushed through like this, and the public's input and procedural rules are ignored, it's because the politicians are getting paid to do so.
goes without saying...
This country has the best politicians money can buy.
And way too many of them along with un elected bureaucrats .
Always!
In 1998, Prince William County rezoned this entire area as part of a protected Rural Crescent. This was in exchange for allowing increased density zoning and residential subdivisions further to the east. The compromise to allow increased development has already been made. This makes a mockery of the 1998 rezoning concessions.
I lived in Manassas in the late 1980's, early 1990's. It was my place of refuge in an area that was becoming more citified. It was here that my son learned to appreciate history and went on years later to become a history major in college. We must preserve this area!
I did as well and commuted on 234/29 to Chantilly to work… was always a nice respite from the developments already growing back then… nowadays Sudley is unrecognizable to me…. Sad.
I grew up in the area and so did my mom and it’s a shame what they did up there. I could never live there and embarrassed of it to be honest. My grandpa was a vegetable farmer there
We don't need a data center
We don't... they do.
Democrats need it for one purpose and one purpose only. To spy on American Citizens who they see as a threat to their democratcy.
If you comment on youtube it means you're using datacenters
@@sergeybrin1963 Exactly why we dont need any. WE ALREADY HAVE THEM!
@@sergeybrin1963Google employees are responsible for their own sins
What's so horrible about data centers is that they are not real growth in a community. During construction, they do employ hundreds, even potentially thousands of people, but 75% of those will not be local. And after the 3-5 years of construction, they will employ maybe 10% at best of the number of personnel it took to build them, not building a product that is beneficial to the community, not employing community members, but receiving tax breaks that you and your family could never receive. This madness has to stop.
They will employ illegals.
Yep, gigantic land use and ecological damage, very few actual jobs added.
Now most data centers are being automated. So even the remaining jobs will go away!
I don't even understand what data centers are, much less what good they do. All I know is my electric bill is slated for a 25% increase because one went in and is sucking up all the power
At the same time, there's no reason for them to take up so much land. You can go up to about 3-5 floors before the engineering spikes the cost up.
Signing the petition, donating to the cause, and will get the word out. I've been to this battlefield, and it needs to be preserved at all costs.
I am SO SICK of developers who have ZERO RESPECT FOR HISTORY!!!! Gobble up every available piece of land and often create blight by ignoring history!!!!! No way Jose!!!!!
There's millions an millions of flat open cheap ground they could buy out west in Kansas or somewhere they could build this thing. Don't understand their thinking.
Bullshit. They own the land, they should be able to use it as they please. Almost every single plot of land in that part of Virginia, and the Eastern United States is a whole. Has some kind of significance in American history or Indian history. That doesn't mean people who are alive today shouldn't be able to use it as they please
@@zacharyhenderson2902 if it was some family trying to build their home sure, developers however can get fucked. They don't deserve anything.
So what's your plan to end capitalism?
@@theamericanpotatonamedphil4306it's just rural people shitting their pants and having a tantrum because they hate progress. Same thing with all these people trying to stop solar farms. If there's a chance a project can help someone they might not like you can count on rural people to be opposed to it
Signed the petition and donated. I live in Stafford County Virginia. About 40 miles south of DC. This area had a rural feel 25 years ago. Not any more. Barely a week goes by that I don't see another farmers field or forest go under the reaver's blade for development. We must preserve what hallowed ground is left. Keep up the great work American Battlefield Trust!!!
Same here in north Georgia. It's such a shame.
Isn't the government supposed to serve and protect? To provide for the general welfare and employment? Doesn't the government know what is best for its subjects?
@@FordHoardAs for Northern Georgia, a short trip between Atlanta and Nashville makes for cheaper commerce.
Stop voting for the politicians who allow development.
@@FordHoard Yep. Where I live, 25 years ago, it was nothing but fields and horse farms. Now all those horse farms have cashed out to the developers and the fields are now subdivisions. And the kicker is they're not even useful homes, 9 out of every 10 developments out here are "retired 55+ resident" neighborhoods, like having the whole county consist of retirees is a solid growth plan.
Union and Confederate must unite!! History must be saved and preserved.
They probably chose here just to spite the South like they’ve been doing for the past few years It’s a war against history
Lest we forget
It’s too much of an important piece of history to be lost. Men died on these grounds. It needs to be preserved for not only to remember the battle but to remember those who died.
I been a member of the Organization for over 20 years! Keep on fighting to preserve our History!
In order to preserve something, that something has to be known about, to begin with.
Fighting? Violently? Watch your words.
Horrible. Just horrible. They can go elsewhere. I’ll gladly sign the petition and share this video.
"They can go elsewhere" where do you have in mind?
@@keyboard_slapLiterally anywhere that isn’t in the backyard of a historic national park?
Unfortunately, I am not in a financial position to donate, but I enthusiastically signed the petition in memory of the Union troops that fought to end slavery and preserve the United States.
I aM doing the same!
Why would they even think about putting it there? Surely they can find another 1700 acre site not near an important battlefield? Why don't they put it in Belgium on the site of Waterloo? That way, when you climb the monument to get an overview of the battle site, one could look at a Data center? Wouldn't that be special?
It wouldn’t surprise me if it was Chinese owned.
@@Helo_rides_for_commies WEF all over it.
Well, I'd say they don't own that land in Belgium. That's why
@@zacharyhenderson2902 Yes of course. Just an analogy and satire.
Most people now a days care Little about History and Thats A Damn Shame!
Can't save everything.... we got to live our lives buddy
@@inthedarkwoods2022what a looser comment. Its a National Battlefield. They can find a better place to build it. We need to protect out landscape that we currently have. Not to mention it's hollowed ground. Thousands died there.
@@VIKINGKING95 Do you mean loser no looser? People die everywhere... Can't make a park out of everything
@@VIKINGKING95I agree, why not look 60 miles to the west there is a place called West Virginia that is hurting for jobs. It close enough to DC.
You are correct but having grown up in PWC I can tell you that it’s not just the history buffs but also so many people go there to get a way from the busy traffic and hustle of Manassas and centerville.
I’m a technical architect and I think modern data centers are incredible works of art. However, this one needs to be located elsewhere. Heck, put it in South Carolina and bring some business here. We have so much land in America that could be utilized that ISN’T of historical significance.
I am an RCDD I agree with your assessment It’s such a struggle trying to develop a data center but also minimize the impact on the surrounding community and landscape In a perfect world what we would be doing is repurposing more existing buildings that are not profitable like retail spaces that are being shut down because businesses are moving out Abandoned malls are a perfect location for a data center you’ve got the footprint space there An old sports stadium that is going to be torn down would be another good one
The first thing that comes to my mind when I hear "Data Center" is a HUGE amount of electricity that people will be exposed to...that can cause so many health problems...definitely including cancer. Many other buildings today also create alot of electricity, which isn't something people should be around either, but those two words sound ominous to me as a nutritionist.
@@gomogo2000 Data centers consume tons of gallons of water for its cooling towers
@@MetalHead-ks9zq No, Not in SC. We have enough development here. Too many people have moved here & ruined our rural way of life.
@@jillwebb1062 All I see here is just empty land and angry drivers on congested singular roads
Signed the petition. Had your back when the whole casino thing was going on with gettysburg! Let's make sure this does not happen
Blast from the past!
I live in Scotland but send best wishes and good luck in your fight. 🤞🏴
I live in Missouri and found out yesterday that a data center is going to be built on the farm land next to my small rural community. One minute I'm smiling and watching a calf run laps around its mother, and the next minute I find out that it will become another concrete landscape. The expansion never stops ):
Fight it
They keep building huge Amazon distribution centers in towns around me. The lights on those buildings at night are so bright 💀
Actually, it stops at the land they don't own.
Where in Missouri, if you don't mind me asking?
@@zacharyhenderson2902they’re multi billion dollar corporations. They can buy anything the want without a second thought to the little man.
I am in Canada, but I appreciate the efforts you all are making to fight against this Data Center. All I can do is to send my best wishes.
I visited Manassas when I was younger and loved seeing the reenactment! It’s so frustrating when the modern world overruns such historic sites!! I live in Texas, and it seemed so wrong that the city of San Antonio built over so much of the original Alamo grounds after what happened there!!!
Maybe so, but the Texas independence activists weren't exactly freedom fighters. Many of them were fighting Mexico specifically for the right to own slaves. So they were actually more like the Confederacy than the Union.
I support your work 💯 %. Don't let the bribed, corrupt supervisors and developers ruin this historic land and the identity of the surrounding area. Say No to the lobbists & Mega Data Centers!
Data Centers consume tons of gallons of water for its cooling towers
Stan Parris, former U.S. Congressman for that area and more, was pushing for disruption to land bordering Manassas Battlefield Park (early 1990s). We voted his arse out of office!
Did this have anything to do with that park Disney wanted to build near Manassas? Or was that later?
@@drewstanley7606 - Sorry, I don't remember, but Garry or someone at ABT may know the answer.
@@drewstanley7606, that development for the Disney plan was further west than the battlefield, based on what I was told years ago.
Vote and get these people out of office! It is the only way!
Sign of the times unfortunately... certain groups of people are trying to erase or paint over history as much as possible. Good luck with your fight, I'll be praying that y'all are successful!
Im a New Zealander and seeing this video has saddened me because it's hollowed ground,many Americans lost there lives fighting for what they wanted America to be,any ground that was a battle field in the civil war should be saved from any people who wish to destroy it,i hope this does not happen
Hallowed ground, not hollowed out, like the history rewriters would wish.
The entire area has been turned into a parking lot when it used to be beautiful southern country side. It’s depressing. I don’t go back home anymore
While I usually think of business as good, I don’t think we should be sacrificing our historical and cultural sites in the name of progress. Progress can be good but not at sacrifice to our culture, history, and environment. God bless all of you.
It would be dreadful if that sacred ground was lost.
I am so proud to have you gentlemen on the battlefield. I'll help anyway I can!
Data centers are one of the worst facilities due to extreme energy and water consumption. Both of these utilities are typically government sponsored or subsidized entities, which makes opposing these monstrosities, extremely difficult. They also cover acres of land with concrete and other non-porous materials leading to high levels of rain runoff. Many data centers are under-utilized and not built out in full which represents millions of square feet not being used. The corrupt government LOVES legal disputes. They get to fund their effort with the endless tax dollars extorted from you. Hope you are successful at stopping this travesty.
The water stats are a bit misleading considering the water gets reused and then poured out again in the same state it entered. So it's not really consuming water in the same way as, let's say, coca cola plant.
@@_loss_ Incorrect. Water is used and treated with anti-corrosive chemicals which are part of any chiller and cooling tower operation. Backflushing systems directly to the public sewer mimics other industries which are allowed by the corrupt government to add additional pollution to the public waterways. Cooling towers can have hundreds if not thousands of gallons of water loss over the course of a year and this water has to be continuously topped off or made up. Some facilities may have an emergency water storage on site, but this also is chemically treated so it is not potable but earmarked for system use. There are also the millions of gallons of rainwater runoff which they will try to mediate with retention ponds which normally turn into misquote havens if not also treated. Typically, data centers are one- or two-story windowless facilities that consume great amounts of water and electrical resources while simultaneously creating hundreds of thousands of gallons of runoff. A lot of land and water degradation for such a small "creating jobs" benefit. Why don't these developers investigate old industrial sites that lay dormant? Why not revitalize old sites instead of butchering pristine land? And finally, it is not smart to have so many critical sites in one geographic location.
Put your money where your mouth is. Please stop watching KZhead. It is data center powered.
Virtue signalling automatons such as yourself make me laugh.
@@MrEricErwin There are various levels of data center sites. At which level does YT operate?
I live in Manassas the amount of data centers that have popped up here in the past 5 years is insane Manassas has changed so much in the past few years
A chief told me there were also native American villages in the middle of each one of the building sites. This calls for years of archeological study. And some endangered frogs live there.
Will be praying for saving the battle field. And if I’m able will donate to this cause! Thank you for trying to saving them.
Sure hope you can win this battle to preserve the site and history. There are many better sites for the data centre that impact people much less.
A supporter from India, will be signing the petition and donating for the cause, may God help you in all force to drive out capitalist hooliganism and help you preserve history for many more years to come❤
The battlefields should be protected perpetually. Isn't there something federally that protects historical places? I lived in Warrenton for 31 years and drove through the battlefields thousands of times. It would be a travesty if this is developed.
I remember hiking along these trails growing up. Best of luck in preserving history!
i’m a member and contribute to ABT. what i don’t want to find out is exorbitant salaries and equally exorbitant payments for celebrity endorsements
Signed the petition and donated. Manassas was one of the first Civil War battlefields I visited as a child that grew my love for history. Also donated in honor of the Irish who served under W.T. Sherman at the battle, as I am part Irish, for St. Patrick's Day. God bless you in your fight!
Take my money and take it now. Do whatever you can and fight HARD
I know that Brits really regret not having done this sooner. Glad you gents are stepping up to preserve your history.
Signed the petition, and sent $250, thanks for your efforts, and keep fighting the good fight!😎👍
Thank you !!
Signed, appreciate the fight to preserve our history.
Hello and respect for your work, from São Paulo, Brazil 🇧🇷🇧🇷.
I'm not in the state of Virginia, but I've visited this historic and well-preserved battlefield. There is much land everywhere in other locations. To do this to such an historically significant site is a horrific act against preserving the history of our constitutional republic. This is, to me, a sacred site, where the lives of soldiers were lost. Fight the Good Fight!
Good luck with this 3rd Battle of Manassas. American history is so fortunate to have the American Battlefield Trust fighting not preserve it.
I will absolutely sign. To think they’d fathom with the audacity to even think about developing what’s left of Manassas. At best from UnAmerican businessmen who don’t appreciate or care about our nations history or of the men and women who lived it. Manassas battlefield is a piece that of our American national identity, our history, and a moment in time of a culture to be remembered and cherished. It’s a complete disregard to what is good and holy. I am 26 years old and have never even been there. I’ve only been to Gettysburg. Personally I’d like to move down and live in Virginia so I am able to see what’s left before more of it’s gone. By Providence I pray this does not happen. Tired of the development. Imagine the land 100 years ago…. We can’t have another Fredericksburg incident. All about money and greed for a handful of people. I personally have 6 Great Grandfathers that served in the Union and 2 in the Confederacy. It’s a dishonor on both of their legacies to be disrespected and disregarded in this way, let alone of all the other political agendas aimed at deconstructing everything about Americas history that makes us unique and special. Battlefield represents far more than the ground itself, but the men who fought there, and why fellow Americans who loved the Constitution shouldered arms against one another.
Why should they care about the last civil war when they are trying so hard to start the next one?
I wouldn’t be surprised if a Chinese company is trying to buy the land… they really don’t care because it’s not their country and it’s not their history. Which is why , most countries don’t let other international companies buy land… once you start that you end up with these problems. I’m hoping that our government is not encouraging these companies to build on historical sites to get rid of them …. But I wouldn’t put it past them. Our area is building up too and they bent the rules and rezoned a whole farm field for dense residential in the county… The rules in our county is that you have to have at least a quarter acre per lot and apparently we’re only allowed a few of those and the rest have to have half acre lots … that’s what seem to happen in our neighborhood in the 80s. Most of the neighborhoods out here have at least that or half acre lots … this new development that was rezoned- everyone fought it and we lost- is going to allow less than an eighth of acre per lot. They’re going to be able to shove 300 to 500 houses in this field. To give you perspective our neighborhood probably has the same amount of houses but it spans at least Several farmlands that equal a space at least 3 to 5 times the size of this field… And they’re asking minimum $400,000 per house …. that’s almost what my house is worth in this nicer neighborhood. What I don’t understand is how they’re sneaking all these projects in around areas that are either historical or where a lot of rich people live … not even an eighth of a mile away from this new development. There are $2 million houses and they didn’t have any pull stop to stop this? Where are the people fighting for our history and telling these people moving out of the cities to stay where they ruin stuff so we in the country can enjoy quiet and peace like we wish
I presume the data center is not being built with federal money, so Section 106 protections for historical properties do not apply. Other than "we don't want it", can we get more information on the legal theory that undergirds this lawsuit? For documentation for other commenters, the case is in Virginia Circuit Court of Prince William County, Civil Trial # CL24000334-00. It was filed January 12, 2024.
Thank you for standing up to this. I live in Hanover Country and the board of supervisors allowed a huge data center to go in quickly without consideration of what the people want.
In 1971 when I was in my early teens, my family and I did a driving vacation across country from our home in California using our our travel trailer. To visit the Washington DC area we stayed at a campground next to the Manassas battlefield. We got to drive around the battlefield and briefly walk around in it. I heard a few years ago where they wanted to build a Walmart there, but it was stopped. Now, you have this. All the best in preserving this absolutely essential national landmark.
We need to protect our proud history, these big wigs don't think about how important this is to a large majority of Americans including me. I hope the American Battlefield Trust wins, they have my full support. I've signed the petition
Thank you for being there to protect the battlefield!
Good luck in this fight to preserve our history. No more corporate take over!
Thank you for carrying on this fight! I can't believe this would even be an issue. Our children need to know our history to show them why this country is so great. Signed and donated.
I will Gladly contribute to this petition. Outrageous that anyone would want to disturb this important part of American History. Men on both sides fought and Died here for what they believed in . This Data Center can be put somewhere else in the United States.
Gen. Patton had a saying. " I don't like paying for realestate twice
Sent in a $20. I can spare that and hope everyone can send whatever they can to save this important battlefield This is something worth fighting for
Yankees and rebs have to put aside our differences and fight for what's right: preserving history and honouring those who gave their lives on that field.
Honor the rebs who wanted to keep black people enslaved? Are you high?
If only you’d been doing that for the past few years
I am in Great Britain. Good luck.
We can't have a much-needed pipeline which runs through actual wilderness, but they'll gladly build an eyesore which will be obsolete the moment it is finished on a historically important property.
MANASSAS BATTLEFIELD IS SACRED GROUND
I'm no fan of the corporate world or the crooked politicians that do their bidding. I wish you all the best in this fight. If I was rich I would buy the land and give it to you.
Even though my home broke from Virginia in 1863 I agree 1000000% that this MUST NOT HAPPEN !!! They want to put a massive data center somewhere, put it in a place where nothing happened DON’T DESTROY HISTORY !!! GIVE THEM THE BAYONET Battlefield Trust !!!
Signed.. praying
I still don't get the "digital age" it is kind of ridiculous. When we did all of our record keeping on paper and in files, companies had rooms and basements full of records and such, this is all well known. Then the digital age comes along, which is supposed to be more efficient, compresses things, makes it easier to keep track of things, on and on. Okay, I get that, makes sense What makes no sense whatsoever, is how now in the digital world, there are these "digital data centers" like this one, they are everywhere, for data storage. What the hell is being stored, and why on earth does it take this massive amount of space to store and process it all. Pre-digital, when everything was on bulky paper, we didn't have massive warehouses everywhere storing old files. And I disagree with what one of the men in this video even says - "I agree we need data centers". Rally? why do we really need these huge data centers like this? Makes no sense whatsoever
I couldn’t agree with you anymore
Because pre-digital you didnt have to store youtube videos nor people's comments.
It's all nonsense. Elon Musk, the big billionaires, big companies, they don't care about history. To them, Manassas is just a field. The hallowed dead who still lie there today, are, to them, no more than impediments to money.
Because they are collecting literally everything there is to know about us all.
Data centers aren't just for storing info, they hold all the tech for running the internet. We need more because usage keeps going up, especially with so many jobs going online. Regardless, there's something like 175 trillion gigabytes of info on the internet, it would take a lot of space to save that in any medium
I live in Haymarket near the Manassas battlefield. Donated, and signed the petition! I’m hoping you guys will win this.
Thank you!
I signed the petition and donated for the Cause - this crime against our Country's history must be stopped NOW! You Virginia people must vote these thugs out of office and stop their gravy train.
never been, but i sent a little money so that i can visit one day!! thank you for fighting the good fight for the little man, even if it’s something as inconsequential as this. Rooting for yall!!
Donated. Keep fighting the good fight
It would be an eye sore to see those overlooking the battlefield.
Our people don’t learn history, and we repeat the detrimental aspects while failing to embody the good.
History is created by interest and interest is within…
@@joseph8298 Battle of Third Manassas when?
I moved out of VA and PWC years ago... but ill happily move back and protect that land with force!
I can’t go back it’s to depressing to see what they did up there
🙏🙏🙏
1700 acres is just massive, that goes way beyond just the battlefield, its a damn shame
They might as well build a town
Bet ya 60% of it will be parking lot
@@Demopans5990I can’t even go back there it’s depressing what they’ve done to my home. Brings a tear to my eye
Keep up the good fight!
I signed, but cannot donate right now. I will be at Stones River next week. One way people can help out is to visit their local park. I live close to Franklin, Stones River, Nashville, and Chattanooga. Visit your local park! Thanks for what y’all do.
We need to preserve our history so that we remember the lessons of the past.
Thanks!
Thank you!!
FACT: The purpose of a corporation is to maximize shareholder short-term profit in any and every way possible, with complete disregard for anything else in society, including all life on Earth. Thank you for fighting them
Only the first half of that statement ("The purpose of a corporation is to maximize shareholder short-term profit") is fact. Stop drinking the left-wing Kool-Aid.
If that were fact there would be no corporate business in the US. FACT: What you stated applies to Government especially the tyrannical government we have today.
When I say 'the purpose of the corporation', I mean each member of the board of directors is literally required by law to always act exclusively in the interest of maximizing shareholder profit. It's called their 'Fiduciary Duty'. So yes, it does involve the government in the sense that it is the law. You can look up this economic/legal concept online. Also, look up 'externality'. The social cost associated with the degradation of this cultural and historical resource is an externality of the data center.
false, the purpose of a corporation is to serve the interests of its costumers which directly leads to profits. Oh and if you hate them so much why are you using KZhead, which also runs on massive data centers??
@@kevinbabicz just look up 'Fiduciary Duty' and 'externality'...🤷🏼♂️
To learn for the future, we have to look to the past. This is sacred ground, we need to protect it..
Thank you for fighting to stop this. I did not know this was. Happening. I hope you win and can preserve the land. Enough is enough!
With all the land available on earth why on earth would they destroy such a beautiful location not to mention the drain on the resources the amount of water one of these places use is astronomical technology will be our demise !
We need to stop suburban sprawl
Well, we keep letting people into the country and people have to live somewhere.
@Helo_rides_for_commies Build affordable housing and change zone limitation. Not everyone needs to live in a single family suburban house.
These aren't houses. This has nothing to do with the suburbs
@@user-ie1hg5ov1m Who gets to decide who lives in a nice house and who lives in the slums then? Hmm, you? I think not, every hardworking American should be able to live in a single family suburban home if they wish.
@@dancooper6002 you need to get out more
If the local and county regulators violate the law and ordinances to get this project through then that is absolutely a legitimate issue and I hope you can get those issues sorted out in court. Having said that, if the company that will own the data center owns the land and has received the proper clearances, I don't see any reason to prevent the project from moving forward. Almost every piece of land in the eastern United States has some significance in American history or Indian history, and trying to prevent these developments-especially when its not on the park-is just not something I can get behind.
Shared. Thank you for fighting for our history!
There's no reason they can't put this development in a more appropriate place and not compromise sacred ground like this. Good luck to all of you!
Or even to make a more reasonable development
I don’t live in VA but believe our history should be preserved. Go build that data center somewhere else where there’s already a ton of infrastructure that doesn’t impose on hallowed grounds.
Stand and fight, save history
Watching from Britain - If you do not win this - That means history is meaningless to governments
spent many hours walking the park when I was stationed at VHF.. 83-84.... my gr gr grandpa 61st Ohio volunteer infantry co E. 2d battle of Manassas fought there
Signed the petition. My great-great-grandfather fought at both Manassas battles. He was grazed by a union bullet in the second battle. He survived to fight another day. It would be devastating to lose the battlefield to some greedy jerks who don't care about the preservation of such a memorial that many on both sides lost their lives to build an America that all people would be considered free. I am not against technology, but let the technology find someplace else to destroy the landscape.
This is why the FANG companies pay millions to lobbyists every year. It boggles the mind why the People of Virginia would even consider this to happen so close to a battlefield. I guess battlefields are now becoming like statues and monuments. If we find the history "offensive" ...We'll just tear it down or make it obscure. (member ABT)
Donation already in the mail! Thank you both...
We need to know what is the company that is wanting to build so we can call them out. Public pressure is a very powerful weapon so if anyone out there knows please spread the word. So sad that Americans out there don’t understand hallowed ground. God bless you and may he help us fight and do what is right for our ancestors.
This is disgusting and completely disrespectful. Again those in charge are not listening to the people they're supposed to represent. How anyone could think this is a good idea is beyond me
And you know that the end product will never look like the rendering. Any of the trees shown in the rendering will be non native replacements after the construction razes any natural features of the land.
You gotta protect the battlefield man YOU GOTTA PRESERVE HISTORY FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT!
Thank you 🙏 for sharing. This Battlefield site is of such high historic and cultural importance and must not be compromised in any way by encroaching developments.