{"id":4053,"date":"2009-03-18T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-18T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/03\/the-battle-of-fort-ward.html"},"modified":"2009-03-18T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-18T19:00:00","slug":"the-battle-of-fort-ward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/03\/the-battle-of-fort-ward\/","title":{"rendered":"The battle of Fort Ward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">MARC FISHER<\/span>:  <a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/03\/14\/AR2009031401907.html\"><b>A Tale of Two Communities, And of How the Tale Gets Told<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>With its rolling lawns and secluded glens, Fort Ward looks like a lovely place to take a walk. Turns out, it&#8217;s far more than a park in Alexandria &#8212; it&#8217;s one history sacrificed to make way for another, a Civil War military installation that has become a contemporary battleground over whose story gets told. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Occasionally, I take my son for a stroll through Fort Ward Park, located not far from my condo, but I have not yet explored any of the history there. As Fisher points out, different eras are in conflict over what the park is, was and should be.<\/p>\n<p>Also, I kind of like that both my current and former (Pentagon City) neighborhoods were occupied by Union troops during the Civil War.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MARC FISHER: A Tale of Two Communities, And of How the Tale Gets Told &#8211; The Post With its rolling lawns and secluded glens, Fort Ward looks like a lovely place to take a walk. 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