Actor Robert Duvall Opposes Wal-Mart Near Civil War Battlefield
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Academy and Emmy Award-winning actor Robert Duvall has added his voice in opposition to a proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter near a Virginia Civil War battlefield where Confederate General Robert E. Lee...
Academy Award-winning actor Robert Duvall has fired a verbal salvo against plans to build a Wal-Mart Supercenter near a Virginia Civil War battlefield where Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee first fought the Union’s Ulysses S. Grant.
Published: May 4, 2009
Updated: May 5, 2009
LOCUST GROVE, Va. (AP) - Academy Award-winning actor Robert Duvall has fired a verbal salvo against plans to build a Wal-Mart Supercenter near a Virginia Civil War battlefield where Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee first fought the Union’s Ulysses S. Grant.
Duvall, who is a descendant of Lee, said he will help preservationists in “chasing out” the retailer from a site near the Wilderness Battlefield.
At a news conference on Monday, Duvall said he has no grudge against Wal-Mart but believes in capitalism coupled with sensitivity.
Duvall was joined by Congressmen Peter Welch of Vermont and Ted Poe of Texas, representing states that lost many lives at the Wilderness battle 145 years ago.
The Wal-Mart proposal must first be approved by Orange County supervisors.
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