CWPT Annual Conference (2003) in Richmond, VA -- Banquet: Awards:
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Description of Pictures: The annual awards dinner was held at the Tredegar Iron Works in downtown Richmond. The site is the NPS visitor center for the NPS's battlefield park and features a new statue of Abraham Lincoln and his son Todd who came to Richmond right after the city fell in 1865. (The statue was unveiled on April 5, the anniversary of Lincoln's visit.) If Lincoln hadn't been assassinated, he could have done so much to reunite the country but the same hatred that started the war killed him and the nation still hasn't healed. A bunch of people are still living the Civil War and refused to be photographed by the statue. At the awards banquet, awards were given posthumously to Carrington Williams (the first chairman of CWPT; his award was accepted by his wife Doreen), Dean Shultz (Gettysburg preservation work), Whittington Clement (Virginia Secy of Transportation), the Piedmont Environmental Council, Centex Homes (for work in donating some land at Bristoe Station), Carolyn Ivanoff (Preservationist Teacher of the Year), and the Museum of Culpeper History.
When it came to the Lincoln statue, I was taking anyone's picture who wanted one taken. I ran into a southern gentlemen who declared "God no! It's disrespectful to have a statue like that in the capital of the Confederacy!" Without missing a beat, I replied "You're right. It should have been a huge white marble statue instead of the bronze thing..." He started to reply with "No I meant..." Hatred started the Civil War, hatred allowed it to endure, hatred killed Lincoln, and hatred still keeps the memory of it alive in some people. Pretty pathetic.
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CWPTDI_030426_122.JPG: The Edwin C Bearss Lifetime Achievement Award was posthumously awarded to Carrington Williams, the first chairman of the CWPT. It was accepted by his widow.
CWPTDI_030426_148.JPG: The State Leadership Award went to the Virginia Secretary of Transportation Whittington ("Whitt") Clement for his outstanding leadership in the Old Dominion.
CWPTDI_030426_150.JPG: The Preservation Legacy Award went to Pamplin Historical Park. It was accepted by A Wilson Greene, executive director of the park.
CWPTDI_030426_158.JPG: A Wilson Greene called his boss, Robert Pamplin Jr, during the presentation of the award for his park and Mr Pamplin pledged more money to the CWPT.
CWPTDI_030426_185.JPG: The Carrington Williams Battlefield Preservation of the Year Award went to Dean Shultz of Gettysburg for his work in preserving sites related to the Gettysburg campaign.
CWPTDI_030426_186.JPG: The Preservationist Teacher of the Year Award went to Carolyn Ivanoff, a high school teacher in Connecticut, for her outstanding commitment to promoting battlefield preservation in the classroom.
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2003 photos: Equipment this year: I decided my Epson digital camera wasn't quite enough for what I wanted. Since I already had Compact Flash chips for it, I had to find another camera which used CF chips. That brought me to buy the Fujifilm S602 Zoom in March 2003. A great digital camera, I used it exclusively for an entire year.
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