050-00
RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT
BY THE
FREDERICK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
The Board of Supervisors of Frederick County, in regular meeting on the 24th day of May 2000,
adopted the following:
WHEREAS, Frederick County is richly endowed with numerous and significant historic sites
including the Civil War battlefields at Cedar Creek, First and Second Kemstown, and Second and
Third Winchester, along with individual sites associated with this conflict; and
WHEREAS, the history of Frederick County has been shaped by the Civil War including the
aforementioned battles, and many sites whose individual histories woven together form the fabric of
the county's Civil War history;
WHEREAS, preservation of these sites associated with the Civil War, as well as preservation of
the stories associated with the War, are means to enrich the quality of life for the residents of
Frederick County and the Shenandoah Valley; and
WHEREAS, these sites and stories, preserved and interpreted, have the potential to generate
considerable economic return to the residents of the county, as well as to the County of Frederick
itself through heritage tourism; and
WHEREAS, the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District Commission was created
by an act of the United States Congress (P.L. 104-333) in 1996 to identify the locations often of
these battlefields in the District, and develop a plan to preserve, interpret, provide visitors services,
and manage the Civil War and other historic and natural resources lying within the eight-county
National Historic District (of which Frederick County is a major part), and to identify partnerships
between local, state, and federal governments, private-sector interests and the successor to the
Commission; and
WHEREAS, Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District Commission has now
prepared a Draft Management Plan with recommendations for action in compliance with P.L. 104-
333 that proposes feasible means to preserve, interpret, celebrate, promote, and manage the District's
Civil War heritage.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, thatthe Board of Supervisors of Frederick County,
Virginia endorses this Draft Management Plan and urges the United States Secretary of the Interior
to approve such plan upon its submittal by the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic
District Commission.
This resolution was approved by the following recorded vote:
Richard C. Shickle, Chairman
Aye
Robert M. Sager
Aye
W. Harrington Smith, Jr.
Aye
Margaret B. Douglas
Aye
Charles W. Orndoff, Sr.
Aye
Sidney A. Reyes
Aye
A COpy ATTEST
JO&iS/-
Frederick County Administrator
Resolution No,: 050-00
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