APVA Preservation Virginia listed Fort Monroe with the "Most Endangered Historic Sites in Virginia for 2007."

The press release included this paragraph:

Making the list of eleven is Fort Monroe, the 570-acre active Hampton military installation that will be vacated and abandoned by the United States Army in 2011 under the 2005 BRAC procedures. Losing its federal shield, the future disposition is threatened by the potential commercial value of this finger of land at the harbor's entrance. With magnificent views in all directions, it is a magnet for developers. Many individuals and organizations have spelled out the impending threats to this extraordinary national treasure, under both the Section 106 scoping meeting and the NEPA scoping process. Reasonable options for this land must be explored.

Louis Guy, president of the Norfolk Historical Society and treasurer of Citizens for a Fort Monroe National Park, nominated Fort Monroe. We believe that APVA Preservation Virginia's decision vindicates much that we have been saying -- as did the similar choice of the Civil War Preservation Trust.

We look forward to Virginians -- and other Americans -- taking a close, fresh look at the post-Army future of Fort Monroe.

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