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Leesburg Backs Bond to Buy Land Near Battlefield; Officials Say Housing Proposal Threatens Historic Balls Bluff
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The Leesburg Town Council voted Tuesday to issue $10 million in
bonds, including $1.5 million that it hopes to use to add 50 acres to
Balls Bluff Regional Park, where much of the famous 1861 Battle of
Balls Bluff occurred.
The property's owner, William L. Walde, of Glen Echo, submitted
plans in August to build four houses on part of the parcel, raising
concern among council members who want to preserve the historic land
near one of the country's smallest Civil War cemeteries.
Local leaders and preservationists are trying to pull together
funds this month to purchase the site. Del. Richard H. ...
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BRITAIN AD 1.(Britain at the first millennium AD)
Magazine article from: History Today
; ...in order to deal with his invasion. He described a King Cassivellaunus at the head of that empire, a high-king commanding lesser...broadly identifiable as Kent. Of course, his depiction of Cassivellaunus served to give him a worthy adversary, whose conquest could...
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Foray into Britain.(Julius Caesar)
Magazine article from: Calliope
; ...resisted bravely, Caesar quickly captured their leader, Cassivellaunus, but it was a hollow victory. Many British fighters remained...the forests and continued to harass the Romans. Also, Cassivellaunus had little gold, silver, or tin to offer his captors...
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Revealed: our friends the Romans did not invade Britain after all Astonishing new archaeological finds reveal they were already our countrymen 50 years before Claudius spun his way into the history books. Steve Bloomfield reports
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday
; ...landed in Dover before marching towards London, defeating Cassivellaunus the King of Catuvellauni in Hertfordshire. News of an impending...the Trinovantes appealed to Caesar to protect them from Cassivellaunus who had run a series of raids into their territory. Dr...
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Inside INFO
Newspaper article from: The Press
; ...disclosed form on heavy tracks. Talk Back did not have much luck at Wanganui last start and looks to be coming solid. Cassivellaunus and Walter are both recent placegetters over this trip and must be top chances if they can cop the track. RACE 2: Matamata...
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Albion Ablaze and A View to a Death.(Book review)
Newspaper article from: Reviewer's Bookwatch
; ...Marcus. However, in this and the next year, in which Caesar carries out a full scale invasion to unseat the tyrant, Cassivellaunus, Marcus plays a role wholly unsuspected by historians (while still remaining credibly within Caesar's version of the...
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