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Ken Burns Speaks Out About Proposed Digital Data Center Near Manassas

A digital data center being considered for more than 2,000 acres next to Manassas National Battlefield Park has been called the "greatest threat" in recent history to the battlefield and drawn opposition from filmmaker Ken Burns, who has urged Prince William County officials to oppose the project.
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2nd Annual Threatened And Endangered Parks: Historic Sites In Virginia And Mississippi

If plans had proceeded as energy company Cricket Solar had hoped, more than 380,000 solar panels would have been installed in Culpeper County, Virginia—a utility-scale array in the heart of some of the state’s most historic land. Both Union and Confederate armies occupied and fought over the county during the Civil War, and it was a major staging area for the Manassas and Gettysburg campaigns. The scale of the plans led to an outcry from citizens and concerned parties, including filmmaker and Virginia resident Ron Maxwell, director of the 1993 film Gettysburg.

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