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During Week of Anniversary of Civil War's Start, Del. Norton Introduces Bill to Preserve D.C. Region Civil War Defenses
April 16, 2022
WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., issued the following news release on April 15, 2022:

During the week of the anniversary of the start of the Civil War -- April 12, 1861 -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill to recognize and preserve the Civil War Defenses of Washington, located in the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland, by redesignating them as a national historic park.

In her introductory statement, Norton . . .

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