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Battlefields around the world are finding new purpose as parks and refuges

  • Written by Todd Lookingbill, Associate Professor of Geography and the Environment, University of Richmond
Battlefields around the world are finding new purpose as parks and refugesAntietam National Battlefield, Pennsylvania, site of a savage Civil War battle on Sept. 17, 1862.NPS

The horrors of war are all too familiar: lives lost, homes destroyed, entire communities forced to flee. Yet as time passes, places that once were sites of death and destruction can become peaceful natural refuges.

One of the deadliest battles...

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