Save Manassas | We Are Going to COURT to STOP the World's Largest Data Center

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American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust

2 ай бұрын

The “world’s largest data center campus” doesn’t belong at Manassas Battlefield Park, or on any hallowed ground. The Trust is going to court to stop it! Please make a donation to support the Trust in this fight today. bit.ly/3wSOKyL
Learn More about our efforts to stop the Prince William Digital Gateway at Manassas: www.battlefields.org/news/ame...
The American Battlefield Trust preserves America’s hallowed battlegrounds and educates the public about what happened there and why it matters. We permanently protect these battlefields for future generations as a lasting and tangible memorial to the brave soldiers who fought in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Civil War.

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@AmericanBattlefieldTrust
@AmericanBattlefieldTrust Ай бұрын
Even if you can't donate, you can still join the fight by signing our petition! Thank you in advance! www.battlefields.org/preserve/speak-out/protect-virginia-battlefields-massive-data-centers?ms=home
@Jason32Bourne
@Jason32Bourne Ай бұрын
Disgusting! Give em hell Battlefield trust!
@rootsofamerica
@rootsofamerica Ай бұрын
Keep on with your efforts!
@hotwax9376
@hotwax9376 Ай бұрын
I'll be signing the petition for sure.
@tommas2674
@tommas2674 Ай бұрын
concrete from sea to sea and then in the sea Wind mills...
@EuroWarsOrg
@EuroWarsOrg Ай бұрын
Let the billionaires go build it on their own homes
@memezoffuckery3207
@memezoffuckery3207 Ай бұрын
These Silicon Valley types are the same people to espouse for the environment to be preserved.
@sbrunner69
@sbrunner69 Ай бұрын
No
@scar3xcr0
@scar3xcr0 Ай бұрын
We need to protect historical sites and early American history but it is far more important to protect the environment. Its literally a mater of survival. The environment is our life support system.
@blockchain1776
@blockchain1776 Ай бұрын
they build a lot of their out of sight out of mind stuff in the south
@trainman5323
@trainman5323 Ай бұрын
Yes!!!! Exactly!!! Global warming. Except not from my mega project! It’s your cows that are the problem.
@pamelag.00
@pamelag.00 Ай бұрын
And take way YOUR air conditioning while almost no one is inside a data center.
@mikebasom2442
@mikebasom2442 Ай бұрын
THE NAME OF THE CORPORATIONS BEHIND THIS PROJECT NEED TO BE NAMED, IN THE INTEREST OF FULL DISCLOSURE! Let them have their public "black eye" so richly deserved.
@marissaawesome2422
@marissaawesome2422 Ай бұрын
Amazon
@halk3
@halk3 Ай бұрын
@@marissaawesome2422 Amazon = CIA
@drteletubby
@drteletubby Ай бұрын
There will be no black eye, no one that matters to the project or it's profit gives a damn. Wayyyyyy too much money involved.
@LyricsQuest
@LyricsQuest Ай бұрын
DOD/NSA, Amazon, some of the few possibilities.
@TrevorBrass
@TrevorBrass Ай бұрын
A lot of times a shell company is made for these projects until the last stage. Google frequently does this with their new data center projects. Disney did something similar when it was buying up land for Walt Disney World.
@Worthrhetime
@Worthrhetime Ай бұрын
It would not surprise me if the politicians who approved this have some kind of direct or indirect financial gain . It’s always follow the money.
@ShutTheMuckUp
@ShutTheMuckUp Ай бұрын
Usually, when things get rushed through like this, and the public's input and procedural rules are ignored, it's because the politicians are getting paid to do so.
@aesoundforge
@aesoundforge Ай бұрын
goes without saying...
@ursamajor7468
@ursamajor7468 Ай бұрын
This country has the best politicians money can buy.
@Worthrhetime
@Worthrhetime Ай бұрын
And way too many of them along with un elected bureaucrats .
@Susieq26754
@Susieq26754 Ай бұрын
Always!
@sandralittlejohn3816
@sandralittlejohn3816 Ай бұрын
We don't need a data center
@Been.Here.Since.2007
@Been.Here.Since.2007 Ай бұрын
We don't... they do.
@ksbans1
@ksbans1 Ай бұрын
Democrats need it for one purpose and one purpose only. To spy on American Citizens who they see as a threat to their democratcy.
@sergeybrin1963
@sergeybrin1963 Ай бұрын
If you comment on youtube it means you're using datacenters
@ksbans1
@ksbans1 Ай бұрын
@@sergeybrin1963 Exactly why we dont need any. WE ALREADY HAVE THEM!
@uncertaintytoworldpeace3650
@uncertaintytoworldpeace3650 Ай бұрын
@@sergeybrin1963Google employees are responsible for their own sins
@janicebrowningaquino792
@janicebrowningaquino792 Ай бұрын
I am SO SICK of developers who have ZERO RESPECT FOR HISTORY!!!! Gobble up every available piece of land and often create blight by ignoring history!!!!! No way Jose!!!!!
@MrTGleaner
@MrTGleaner Ай бұрын
There's millions an millions of flat open cheap ground they could buy out west in Kansas or somewhere they could build this thing. Don't understand their thinking.
@zacharyhenderson2902
@zacharyhenderson2902 Ай бұрын
Bullshit. They own the land, they should be able to use it as they please. Almost every single plot of land in that part of Virginia, and the Eastern United States is a whole. Has some kind of significance in American history or Indian history. That doesn't mean people who are alive today shouldn't be able to use it as they please
@theamericanpotatonamedphil4306
@theamericanpotatonamedphil4306 Ай бұрын
​@@zacharyhenderson2902 if it was some family trying to build their home sure, developers however can get fucked. They don't deserve anything.
@laysdong
@laysdong Ай бұрын
So what's your plan to end capitalism?
@laysdong
@laysdong Ай бұрын
​@@theamericanpotatonamedphil4306it's just rural people shitting their pants and having a tantrum because they hate progress. Same thing with all these people trying to stop solar farms. If there's a chance a project can help someone they might not like you can count on rural people to be opposed to it
@coffeeandxanax2158
@coffeeandxanax2158 Ай бұрын
What's so horrible about data centers is that they are not real growth in a community. During construction, they do employ hundreds, even potentially thousands of people, but 75% of those will not be local. And after the 3-5 years of construction, they will employ maybe 10% at best of the number of personnel it took to build them, not building a product that is beneficial to the community, not employing community members, but receiving tax breaks that you and your family could never receive. This madness has to stop.
@The_Draque
@The_Draque Ай бұрын
They will employ illegals.
@MineGames131
@MineGames131 Ай бұрын
Yep, gigantic land use and ecological damage, very few actual jobs added.
@swagistan69420
@swagistan69420 Ай бұрын
Now most data centers are being automated. So even the remaining jobs will go away!
@scroogemcduckismyspiritanimal
@scroogemcduckismyspiritanimal Ай бұрын
I don't even understand what data centers are, much less what good they do. All I know is my electric bill is slated for a 25% increase because one went in and is sucking up all the power
@Demopans5990
@Demopans5990 Ай бұрын
At the same time, there's no reason for them to take up so much land. You can go up to about 3-5 floors before the engineering spikes the cost up.
@magnis380
@magnis380 Ай бұрын
Union and Confederate must unite!! History must be saved and preserved.
@jonathanwilliams1065
@jonathanwilliams1065 Ай бұрын
They probably chose here just to spite the South like they’ve been doing for the past few years It’s a war against history
@homeFall1
@homeFall1 Ай бұрын
Lest we forget
@keithyoder4366
@keithyoder4366 Ай бұрын
In 1998, Prince William County rezoned this entire area as part of a protected Rural Crescent. This was in exchange for allowing increased density zoning and residential subdivisions further to the east. The compromise to allow increased development has already been made. This makes a mockery of the 1998 rezoning concessions.
@Been.Here.Since.2007
@Been.Here.Since.2007 Ай бұрын
Data centers weren't a thing back then. This is a strategic placement. They're going to build it.
@trish5556
@trish5556 Ай бұрын
I lived in Manassas in the late 1980's, early 1990's. It was my place of refuge in an area that was becoming more citified. It was here that my son learned to appreciate history and went on years later to become a history major in college. We must preserve this area!
@TimmyMoza
@TimmyMoza Ай бұрын
I did as well and commuted on 234/29 to Chantilly to work… was always a nice respite from the developments already growing back then… nowadays Sudley is unrecognizable to me…. Sad.
@Arginne
@Arginne Ай бұрын
I grew up in the area and so did my mom and it’s a shame what they did up there. I could never live there and embarrassed of it to be honest. My grandpa was a vegetable farmer there
@richardthacker6
@richardthacker6 Ай бұрын
Signing the petition, donating to the cause, and will get the word out. I've been to this battlefield, and it needs to be preserved at all costs.
@pegrathwol
@pegrathwol Ай бұрын
Signed the petition and donated. I live in Stafford County Virginia. About 40 miles south of DC. This area had a rural feel 25 years ago. Not any more. Barely a week goes by that I don't see another farmers field or forest go under the reaver's blade for development. We must preserve what hallowed ground is left. Keep up the great work American Battlefield Trust!!!
@FordHoard
@FordHoard Ай бұрын
Same here in north Georgia. It's such a shame.
@kevinphillips150
@kevinphillips150 Ай бұрын
Isn't the government supposed to serve and protect? To provide for the general welfare and employment? Doesn't the government know what is best for its subjects?
@kevinphillips150
@kevinphillips150 Ай бұрын
​@@FordHoardAs for Northern Georgia, a short trip between Atlanta and Nashville makes for cheaper commerce.
@countpicula
@countpicula Ай бұрын
Stop voting for the politicians who allow development.
@nothanks3236
@nothanks3236 Ай бұрын
@@FordHoard Yep. Where I live, 25 years ago, it was nothing but fields and horse farms. Now all those horse farms have cashed out to the developers and the fields are now subdivisions. And the kicker is they're not even useful homes, 9 out of every 10 developments out here are "retired 55+ resident" neighborhoods, like having the whole county consist of retirees is a solid growth plan.
@Rangerluck
@Rangerluck Ай бұрын
It’s too much of an important piece of history to be lost. Men died on these grounds. It needs to be preserved for not only to remember the battle but to remember those who died.
@gilleyt
@gilleyt Ай бұрын
Vote and get these people out of office! It is the only way!
@stevemaryellen91
@stevemaryellen91 Ай бұрын
I been a member of the Organization for over 20 years! Keep on fighting to preserve our History!
@kevinphillips150
@kevinphillips150 Ай бұрын
In order to preserve something, that something has to be known about, to begin with.
@frogmantoad8110
@frogmantoad8110 Ай бұрын
Fighting? Violently? Watch your words.
@ub6ilb975
@ub6ilb975 Ай бұрын
Most people now a days care Little about History and Thats A Damn Shame!
@inthedarkwoods2022
@inthedarkwoods2022 Ай бұрын
Can't save everything.... we got to live our lives buddy
@VIKINGKING95
@VIKINGKING95 Ай бұрын
​@@inthedarkwoods2022what a looser comment. Its a National Battlefield. They can find a better place to build it. We need to protect out landscape that we currently have. Not to mention it's hollowed ground. Thousands died there.
@inthedarkwoods2022
@inthedarkwoods2022 Ай бұрын
@@VIKINGKING95 Do you mean loser no looser? People die everywhere... Can't make a park out of everything
@thelifescout8335
@thelifescout8335 Ай бұрын
@@VIKINGKING95I agree, why not look 60 miles to the west there is a place called West Virginia that is hurting for jobs. It close enough to DC.
@thelifescout8335
@thelifescout8335 Ай бұрын
You are correct but having grown up in PWC I can tell you that it’s not just the history buffs but also so many people go there to get a way from the busy traffic and hustle of Manassas and centerville.
@historynerd247
@historynerd247 Ай бұрын
Signed the petition. Had your back when the whole casino thing was going on with gettysburg! Let's make sure this does not happen
@AmericanBattlefieldTrust
@AmericanBattlefieldTrust Ай бұрын
Blast from the past!
@hammockstocoasters
@hammockstocoasters Ай бұрын
Horrible. Just horrible. They can go elsewhere. I’ll gladly sign the petition and share this video.
@keyboard_slap
@keyboard_slap Ай бұрын
"They can go elsewhere" where do you have in mind?
@qreamiepeanutbutter1215
@qreamiepeanutbutter1215 Ай бұрын
@@keyboard_slapLiterally anywhere that isn’t in the backyard of a historic national park?
@hotwax9376
@hotwax9376 Ай бұрын
Unfortunately, I am not in a financial position to donate, but I enthusiastically signed the petition in memory of the Union troops that fought to end slavery and preserve the United States.
@littlehummingbird1015
@littlehummingbird1015 Ай бұрын
I aM doing the same!
@cgmatthews777
@cgmatthews777 Ай бұрын
I’m a technical architect and I think modern data centers are incredible works of art. However, this one needs to be located elsewhere. Heck, put it in South Carolina and bring some business here. We have so much land in America that could be utilized that ISN’T of historical significance.
@MetalHead-ks9zq
@MetalHead-ks9zq Ай бұрын
I am an RCDD I agree with your assessment It’s such a struggle trying to develop a data center but also minimize the impact on the surrounding community and landscape In a perfect world what we would be doing is repurposing more existing buildings that are not profitable like retail spaces that are being shut down because businesses are moving out Abandoned malls are a perfect location for a data center you’ve got the footprint space there An old sports stadium that is going to be torn down would be another good one
@gomogo2000
@gomogo2000 Ай бұрын
The first thing that comes to my mind when I hear "Data Center" is a HUGE amount of electricity that people will be exposed to...that can cause so many health problems...definitely including cancer. Many other buildings today also create alot of electricity, which isn't something people should be around either, but those two words sound ominous to me as a nutritionist.
@the_expidition427
@the_expidition427 Ай бұрын
@@gomogo2000 Data centers consume tons of gallons of water for its cooling towers
@jillwebb1062
@jillwebb1062 Ай бұрын
@@MetalHead-ks9zq No, Not in SC. We have enough development here. Too many people have moved here & ruined our rural way of life.
@liquidhydration
@liquidhydration Ай бұрын
​@@jillwebb1062 All I see here is just empty land and angry drivers on congested singular roads
@davidcarter540
@davidcarter540 Ай бұрын
I live in Scotland but send best wishes and good luck in your fight. 🤞🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
@Molon_Labe1776
@Molon_Labe1776 Ай бұрын
I support your work 💯 %. Don't let the bribed, corrupt supervisors and developers ruin this historic land and the identity of the surrounding area. Say No to the lobbists & Mega Data Centers!
@the_expidition427
@the_expidition427 Ай бұрын
Data Centers consume tons of gallons of water for its cooling towers
@toddgreve6587
@toddgreve6587 Ай бұрын
Stan Parris, former U.S. Congressman for that area and more, was pushing for disruption to land bordering Manassas Battlefield Park (early 1990s). We voted his arse out of office!
@drewstanley7606
@drewstanley7606 Ай бұрын
Did this have anything to do with that park Disney wanted to build near Manassas? Or was that later?
@toddgreve6587
@toddgreve6587 Ай бұрын
@@drewstanley7606 - Sorry, I don't remember, but Garry or someone at ABT may know the answer.
@kevinlovell2404
@kevinlovell2404 Ай бұрын
​@@drewstanley7606, that development for the Disney plan was further west than the battlefield, based on what I was told years ago.
@Winterfell1066
@Winterfell1066 Ай бұрын
Why would they even think about putting it there? Surely they can find another 1700 acre site not near an important battlefield? Why don't they put it in Belgium on the site of Waterloo? That way, when you climb the monument to get an overview of the battle site, one could look at a Data center? Wouldn't that be special?
@Helo_rides_for_commies
@Helo_rides_for_commies Ай бұрын
It wouldn’t surprise me if it was Chinese owned.
@user-fu9vj9ix3g
@user-fu9vj9ix3g Ай бұрын
@@Helo_rides_for_commies WEF all over it.
@zacharyhenderson2902
@zacharyhenderson2902 Ай бұрын
Well, I'd say they don't own that land in Belgium. That's why
@Winterfell1066
@Winterfell1066 Ай бұрын
@@zacharyhenderson2902 Yes of course. Just an analogy and satire.
@michaeldenesyk3195
@michaeldenesyk3195 Ай бұрын
I am in Canada, but I appreciate the efforts you all are making to fight against this Data Center. All I can do is to send my best wishes.
@user-ol4py2xt9o
@user-ol4py2xt9o Ай бұрын
Im a New Zealander and seeing this video has saddened me because it's hollowed ground,many Americans lost there lives fighting for what they wanted America to be,any ground that was a battle field in the civil war should be saved from any people who wish to destroy it,i hope this does not happen
@brianmgrim
@brianmgrim Ай бұрын
Hallowed ground, not hollowed out, like the history rewriters would wish.
@Arginne
@Arginne Ай бұрын
The entire area has been turned into a parking lot when it used to be beautiful southern country side. It’s depressing. I don’t go back home anymore
@Sebman1113
@Sebman1113 Ай бұрын
While I usually think of business as good, I don’t think we should be sacrificing our historical and cultural sites in the name of progress. Progress can be good but not at sacrifice to our culture, history, and environment. God bless all of you.
@joearledge1
@joearledge1 Ай бұрын
Sign of the times unfortunately... certain groups of people are trying to erase or paint over history as much as possible. Good luck with your fight, I'll be praying that y'all are successful!
@Noxtober
@Noxtober Ай бұрын
I live in Missouri and found out yesterday that a data center is going to be built on the farm land next to my small rural community. One minute I'm smiling and watching a calf run laps around its mother, and the next minute I find out that it will become another concrete landscape. The expansion never stops ):
@RailPreserver2K
@RailPreserver2K Ай бұрын
Fight it
@_ian69
@_ian69 Ай бұрын
They keep building huge Amazon distribution centers in towns around me. The lights on those buildings at night are so bright 💀
@zacharyhenderson2902
@zacharyhenderson2902 Ай бұрын
Actually, it stops at the land they don't own.
@allprolb20
@allprolb20 Ай бұрын
Where in Missouri, if you don't mind me asking?
@Real_Jtizzle
@Real_Jtizzle Ай бұрын
@@zacharyhenderson2902they’re multi billion dollar corporations. They can buy anything the want without a second thought to the little man.
@ColonelPanic007
@ColonelPanic007 Ай бұрын
It would be dreadful if that sacred ground was lost.
@dc-wp8oc
@dc-wp8oc Ай бұрын
Data centers are one of the worst facilities due to extreme energy and water consumption. Both of these utilities are typically government sponsored or subsidized entities, which makes opposing these monstrosities, extremely difficult. They also cover acres of land with concrete and other non-porous materials leading to high levels of rain runoff. Many data centers are under-utilized and not built out in full which represents millions of square feet not being used. The corrupt government LOVES legal disputes. They get to fund their effort with the endless tax dollars extorted from you. Hope you are successful at stopping this travesty.
@_loss_
@_loss_ Ай бұрын
The water stats are a bit misleading considering the water gets reused and then poured out again in the same state it entered. So it's not really consuming water in the same way as, let's say, coca cola plant.
@dc-wp8oc
@dc-wp8oc Ай бұрын
@@_loss_ Incorrect. Water is used and treated with anti-corrosive chemicals which are part of any chiller and cooling tower operation. Backflushing systems directly to the public sewer mimics other industries which are allowed by the corrupt government to add additional pollution to the public waterways. Cooling towers can have hundreds if not thousands of gallons of water loss over the course of a year and this water has to be continuously topped off or made up. Some facilities may have an emergency water storage on site, but this also is chemically treated so it is not potable but earmarked for system use. There are also the millions of gallons of rainwater runoff which they will try to mediate with retention ponds which normally turn into misquote havens if not also treated. Typically, data centers are one- or two-story windowless facilities that consume great amounts of water and electrical resources while simultaneously creating hundreds of thousands of gallons of runoff. A lot of land and water degradation for such a small "creating jobs" benefit. Why don't these developers investigate old industrial sites that lay dormant? Why not revitalize old sites instead of butchering pristine land? And finally, it is not smart to have so many critical sites in one geographic location.
@MrEricErwin
@MrEricErwin Ай бұрын
Put your money where your mouth is. Please stop watching KZfaq. It is data center powered.
@MrEricErwin
@MrEricErwin Ай бұрын
Virtue signalling automatons such as yourself make me laugh.
@dc-wp8oc
@dc-wp8oc Ай бұрын
@@MrEricErwin There are various levels of data center sites. At which level does YT operate?
@nickdeagle3271
@nickdeagle3271 Ай бұрын
Sure hope you can win this battle to preserve the site and history. There are many better sites for the data centre that impact people much less.
@tomaslopez2940
@tomaslopez2940 Ай бұрын
I visited Manassas when I was younger and loved seeing the reenactment! It’s so frustrating when the modern world overruns such historic sites!! I live in Texas, and it seemed so wrong that the city of San Antonio built over so much of the original Alamo grounds after what happened there!!!
@hotwax9376
@hotwax9376 Ай бұрын
Maybe so, but the Texas independence activists weren't exactly freedom fighters. Many of them were fighting Mexico specifically for the right to own slaves. So they were actually more like the Confederacy than the Union.
@MilwaukeeF40C
@MilwaukeeF40C Ай бұрын
A chief told me there were also native American villages in the middle of each one of the building sites. This calls for years of archeological study. And some endangered frogs live there.
@MrGrundle
@MrGrundle Ай бұрын
The battlefields should be protected perpetually. Isn't there something federally that protects historical places? I lived in Warrenton for 31 years and drove through the battlefields thousands of times. It would be a travesty if this is developed.
@robertbateman3698
@robertbateman3698 Ай бұрын
I live in Manassas the amount of data centers that have popped up here in the past 5 years is insane Manassas has changed so much in the past few years
@acedia4453
@acedia4453 Ай бұрын
I know that Brits really regret not having done this sooner. Glad you gents are stepping up to preserve your history.
@BilgePump
@BilgePump Ай бұрын
i’m a member and contribute to ABT. what i don’t want to find out is exorbitant salaries and equally exorbitant payments for celebrity endorsements
@Abdus_VGC
@Abdus_VGC Ай бұрын
A supporter from India, will be signing the petition and donating for the cause, may God help you in all force to drive out capitalist hooliganism and help you preserve history for many more years to come❤
@terryeustice5399
@terryeustice5399 Ай бұрын
Will be praying for saving the battle field. And if I’m able will donate to this cause! Thank you for trying to saving them.
@vm.999
@vm.999 Ай бұрын
I am so proud to have you gentlemen on the battlefield. I'll help anyway I can!
@Lichcrafter
@Lichcrafter Ай бұрын
I remember hiking along these trails growing up. Best of luck in preserving history!
@Jessiedoesyoutubee3838
@Jessiedoesyoutubee3838 Ай бұрын
Take my money and take it now. Do whatever you can and fight HARD
@charlesroller5844
@charlesroller5844 Ай бұрын
Good luck with this 3rd Battle of Manassas. American history is so fortunate to have the American Battlefield Trust fighting not preserve it.
@annaolson6386
@annaolson6386 Ай бұрын
Thank you for standing up to this. I live in Hanover Country and the board of supervisors allowed a huge data center to go in quickly without consideration of what the people want.
@RRM13
@RRM13 Ай бұрын
Hello and respect for your work, from São Paulo, Brazil 🇧🇷🇧🇷.
@Kustomone
@Kustomone Ай бұрын
Signed the petition and donated. Manassas was one of the first Civil War battlefields I visited as a child that grew my love for history. Also donated in honor of the Irish who served under W.T. Sherman at the battle, as I am part Irish, for St. Patrick's Day. God bless you in your fight!
@ajg8722
@ajg8722 Ай бұрын
Good luck in this fight to preserve our history. No more corporate take over!
@kaylinolsen8069
@kaylinolsen8069 Ай бұрын
I'm not in the state of Virginia, but I've visited this historic and well-preserved battlefield. There is much land everywhere in other locations. To do this to such an historically significant site is a horrific act against preserving the history of our constitutional republic. This is, to me, a sacred site, where the lives of soldiers were lost. Fight the Good Fight!
@BorgonOfTheSnows
@BorgonOfTheSnows Ай бұрын
Signed, appreciate the fight to preserve our history.
@issiahbernaiche6897
@issiahbernaiche6897 Ай бұрын
I will absolutely sign. To think they’d fathom with the audacity to even think about developing what’s left of Manassas. At best from UnAmerican businessmen who don’t appreciate or care about our nations history or of the men and women who lived it. Manassas battlefield is a piece that of our American national identity, our history, and a moment in time of a culture to be remembered and cherished. It’s a complete disregard to what is good and holy. I am 26 years old and have never even been there. I’ve only been to Gettysburg. Personally I’d like to move down and live in Virginia so I am able to see what’s left before more of it’s gone. By Providence I pray this does not happen. Tired of the development. Imagine the land 100 years ago…. We can’t have another Fredericksburg incident. All about money and greed for a handful of people. I personally have 6 Great Grandfathers that served in the Union and 2 in the Confederacy. It’s a dishonor on both of their legacies to be disrespected and disregarded in this way, let alone of all the other political agendas aimed at deconstructing everything about Americas history that makes us unique and special. Battlefield represents far more than the ground itself, but the men who fought there, and why fellow Americans who loved the Constitution shouldered arms against one another.
@fortusvictus8297
@fortusvictus8297 Ай бұрын
Why should they care about the last civil war when they are trying so hard to start the next one?
@Jaxmusicgal23
@Jaxmusicgal23 Ай бұрын
I wouldn’t be surprised if a Chinese company is trying to buy the land… they really don’t care because it’s not their country and it’s not their history. Which is why , most countries don’t let other international companies buy land… once you start that you end up with these problems. I’m hoping that our government is not encouraging these companies to build on historical sites to get rid of them …. But I wouldn’t put it past them. Our area is building up too and they bent the rules and rezoned a whole farm field for dense residential in the county… The rules in our county is that you have to have at least a quarter acre per lot and apparently we’re only allowed a few of those and the rest have to have half acre lots … that’s what seem to happen in our neighborhood in the 80s. Most of the neighborhoods out here have at least that or half acre lots … this new development that was rezoned- everyone fought it and we lost- is going to allow less than an eighth of acre per lot. They’re going to be able to shove 300 to 500 houses in this field. To give you perspective our neighborhood probably has the same amount of houses but it spans at least Several farmlands that equal a space at least 3 to 5 times the size of this field… And they’re asking minimum $400,000 per house …. that’s almost what my house is worth in this nicer neighborhood. What I don’t understand is how they’re sneaking all these projects in around areas that are either historical or where a lot of rich people live … not even an eighth of a mile away from this new development. There are $2 million houses and they didn’t have any pull stop to stop this? Where are the people fighting for our history and telling these people moving out of the cities to stay where they ruin stuff so we in the country can enjoy quiet and peace like we wish
@SW2799
@SW2799 Ай бұрын
In 1971 when I was in my early teens, my family and I did a driving vacation across country from our home in California using our our travel trailer. To visit the Washington DC area we stayed at a campground next to the Manassas battlefield. We got to drive around the battlefield and briefly walk around in it. I heard a few years ago where they wanted to build a Walmart there, but it was stopped. Now, you have this. All the best in preserving this absolutely essential national landmark.
@markt.3685
@markt.3685 Ай бұрын
Signed the petition, and sent $250, thanks for your efforts, and keep fighting the good fight!😎👍
@AmericanBattlefieldTrust
@AmericanBattlefieldTrust Ай бұрын
Thank you !!
@gregking-ft6sr
@gregking-ft6sr Ай бұрын
I will Gladly contribute to this petition. Outrageous that anyone would want to disturb this important part of American History. Men on both sides fought and Died here for what they believed in . This Data Center can be put somewhere else in the United States.
@Gitarzan66
@Gitarzan66 Ай бұрын
I'm no fan of the corporate world or the crooked politicians that do their bidding. I wish you all the best in this fight. If I was rich I would buy the land and give it to you.
@GeraldYniguez
@GeraldYniguez Ай бұрын
Gen. Patton had a saying. " I don't like paying for realestate twice
@mgpreacher7773
@mgpreacher7773 Ай бұрын
Even though my home broke from Virginia in 1863 I agree 1000000% that this MUST NOT HAPPEN !!! They want to put a massive data center somewhere, put it in a place where nothing happened DON’T DESTROY HISTORY !!! GIVE THEM THE BAYONET Battlefield Trust !!!
@archimedesfromteamfortress2
@archimedesfromteamfortress2 Ай бұрын
Yankees and rebs have to put aside our differences and fight for what's right: preserving history and honouring those who gave their lives on that field.
@brutusbarnabus8098
@brutusbarnabus8098 Ай бұрын
Honor the rebs who wanted to keep black people enslaved? Are you high?
@jonathanwilliams1065
@jonathanwilliams1065 Ай бұрын
If only you’d been doing that for the past few years
@Stringtrees
@Stringtrees Ай бұрын
I am in Great Britain. Good luck.
@Riley_Mundt
@Riley_Mundt Ай бұрын
We can't have a much-needed pipeline which runs through actual wilderness, but they'll gladly build an eyesore which will be obsolete the moment it is finished on a historically important property.
@JackisSwedishking
@JackisSwedishking Ай бұрын
We need to protect our proud history, these big wigs don't think about how important this is to a large majority of Americans including me. I hope the American Battlefield Trust wins, they have my full support. I've signed the petition
@phytonso9877
@phytonso9877 Ай бұрын
I presume the data center is not being built with federal money, so Section 106 protections for historical properties do not apply. Other than "we don't want it", can we get more information on the legal theory that undergirds this lawsuit? For documentation for other commenters, the case is in Virginia Circuit Court of Prince William County, Civil Trial # CL24000334-00. It was filed January 12, 2024.
@royhammett3572
@royhammett3572 Ай бұрын
I signed the petition and donated for the Cause - this crime against our Country's history must be stopped NOW! You Virginia people must vote these thugs out of office and stop their gravy train.
@frederickweinstein452
@frederickweinstein452 Ай бұрын
Thank you for being there to protect the battlefield!
@joc6420
@joc6420 Ай бұрын
Thank you for carrying on this fight! I can't believe this would even be an issue. Our children need to know our history to show them why this country is so great. Signed and donated.
@woodrowcall3158
@woodrowcall3158 Ай бұрын
Our people don’t learn history, and we repeat the detrimental aspects while failing to embody the good.
@joseph8298
@joseph8298 Ай бұрын
History is created by interest and interest is within…
@woodrowcall3158
@woodrowcall3158 Ай бұрын
@@joseph8298 Battle of Third Manassas when?
@bendalton5221
@bendalton5221 Ай бұрын
I still don't get the "digital age" it is kind of ridiculous. When we did all of our record keeping on paper and in files, companies had rooms and basements full of records and such, this is all well known. Then the digital age comes along, which is supposed to be more efficient, compresses things, makes it easier to keep track of things, on and on. Okay, I get that, makes sense What makes no sense whatsoever, is how now in the digital world, there are these "digital data centers" like this one, they are everywhere, for data storage. What the hell is being stored, and why on earth does it take this massive amount of space to store and process it all. Pre-digital, when everything was on bulky paper, we didn't have massive warehouses everywhere storing old files. And I disagree with what one of the men in this video even says - "I agree we need data centers". Rally? why do we really need these huge data centers like this? Makes no sense whatsoever
@deerharvester7355
@deerharvester7355 Ай бұрын
I couldn’t agree with you anymore
@t1e6x12
@t1e6x12 Ай бұрын
Because pre-digital you didnt have to store youtube videos nor people's comments.
@jimreily7538
@jimreily7538 Ай бұрын
It's all nonsense. Elon Musk, the big billionaires, big companies, they don't care about history. To them, Manassas is just a field. The hallowed dead who still lie there today, are, to them, no more than impediments to money.
@Sum-Ting-Wong71
@Sum-Ting-Wong71 Ай бұрын
Because they are collecting literally everything there is to know about us all.
@kingchicken8232
@kingchicken8232 Ай бұрын
Data centers aren't just for storing info, they hold all the tech for running the internet. We need more because usage keeps going up, especially with so many jobs going online. Regardless, there's something like 175 trillion gigabytes of info on the internet, it would take a lot of space to save that in any medium
@mariakristinahawl1640
@mariakristinahawl1640 Ай бұрын
Declare the historical site untouchable and unsellable! Preserve the battlefield!
@user-tv3id2nf5o
@user-tv3id2nf5o Ай бұрын
MANASSAS BATTLEFIELD IS SACRED GROUND
@Wolfgangersen
@Wolfgangersen Ай бұрын
I live in Haymarket near the Manassas battlefield. Donated, and signed the petition! I’m hoping you guys will win this.
@AmericanBattlefieldTrust
@AmericanBattlefieldTrust Ай бұрын
Thank you!
@moretoknowshow1887
@moretoknowshow1887 Ай бұрын
To learn for the future, we have to look to the past. This is sacred ground, we need to protect it..
@rev.crismascarroll8216
@rev.crismascarroll8216 Ай бұрын
Signed.. praying
@hotwax9376
@hotwax9376 Ай бұрын
There's no reason they can't put this development in a more appropriate place and not compromise sacred ground like this. Good luck to all of you!
@GeneralLiuofBoston1911
@GeneralLiuofBoston1911 Ай бұрын
Or even to make a more reasonable development
@joeroseberry1823
@joeroseberry1823 Ай бұрын
Thanks!
@AmericanBattlefieldTrust
@AmericanBattlefieldTrust Ай бұрын
Thank you!!
@gandhithegreat328
@gandhithegreat328 Ай бұрын
Sent in a $20. I can spare that and hope everyone can send whatever they can to save this important battlefield This is something worth fighting for
@RickyTGonzalez
@RickyTGonzalez Ай бұрын
Donated. Keep fighting the good fight
@romainvicta3076
@romainvicta3076 Ай бұрын
Watching from Britain - If you do not win this - That means history is meaningless to governments
@deerharvester7355
@deerharvester7355 Ай бұрын
We know it is. That’s why they’re constantly tearing down our memorials. Uncle Sam don’t give a damn
@joearledge1
@joearledge1 Ай бұрын
The Gooberment doesn't care about history at all. They've clearly forgotten about 1775 and why we broke away from the Brits, because they are currently doing, or trying to do, many of the exact same things that we fought the redcoats over. Thanks for the support!
@miwinterdays6707
@miwinterdays6707 Ай бұрын
It would be an eye sore to see those overlooking the battlefield.
@an-tm3250
@an-tm3250 Ай бұрын
We must unite to keep laws enforced, and to keep these corporate serfs out of our local boards, etc.
@courtneyhill7504
@courtneyhill7504 Ай бұрын
Thank you for fighting to stop this. I did not know this was. Happening. I hope you win and can preserve the land. Enough is enough!
@ohmydog9171
@ohmydog9171 Ай бұрын
1700 acres is just massive, that goes way beyond just the battlefield, its a damn shame
@user-ie1hg5ov1m
@user-ie1hg5ov1m Ай бұрын
They might as well build a town
@Demopans5990
@Demopans5990 Ай бұрын
Bet ya 60% of it will be parking lot
@Arginne
@Arginne Ай бұрын
@@Demopans5990I can’t even go back there it’s depressing what they’ve done to my home. Brings a tear to my eye
@lukiepookie5140
@lukiepookie5140 Ай бұрын
never been, but i sent a little money so that i can visit one day!! thank you for fighting the good fight for the little man, even if it’s something as inconsequential as this. Rooting for yall!!
@NotSure416
@NotSure416 Ай бұрын
We need to preserve our history so that we remember the lessons of the past.
@alfredstjohn
@alfredstjohn Ай бұрын
This is disgusting and completely disrespectful. Again those in charge are not listening to the people they're supposed to represent. How anyone could think this is a good idea is beyond me
@user-nh9ii5ru4r
@user-nh9ii5ru4r Ай бұрын
Stand and fight, save history
@m.koehler7716
@m.koehler7716 Ай бұрын
I don’t live in VA but believe our history should be preserved. Go build that data center somewhere else where there’s already a ton of infrastructure that doesn’t impose on hallowed grounds.
@stus1171
@stus1171 Ай бұрын
Keep up the good fight!
@karenkollects9277
@karenkollects9277 Ай бұрын
We need to know what is the company that is wanting to build so we can call them out. Public pressure is a very powerful weapon so if anyone out there knows please spread the word. So sad that Americans out there don’t understand hallowed ground. God bless you and may he help us fight and do what is right for our ancestors.
@dakotashea3561
@dakotashea3561 Ай бұрын
I moved out of VA and PWC years ago... but ill happily move back and protect that land with force!
@Arginne
@Arginne Ай бұрын
I can’t go back it’s to depressing to see what they did up there
@Dbear39
@Dbear39 Ай бұрын
Terrible. Greed turns men into fools.
@loupuleff571
@loupuleff571 Ай бұрын
With all the land available on earth why on earth would they destroy such a beautiful location not to mention the drain on the resources the amount of water one of these places use is astronomical technology will be our demise !
@beerye9331
@beerye9331 Ай бұрын
Sign the petition!
@The_Red_Off_Road
@The_Red_Off_Road Ай бұрын
I signed, but cannot donate right now. I will be at Stones River next week. One way people can help out is to visit their local park. I live close to Franklin, Stones River, Nashville, and Chattanooga. Visit your local park! Thanks for what y’all do.
@MineGames131
@MineGames131 Ай бұрын
And you know that the end product will never look like the rendering. Any of the trees shown in the rendering will be non native replacements after the construction razes any natural features of the land.
@ElevatingInLife
@ElevatingInLife Ай бұрын
This is terrible, I lived in Chesapeake VA on the border of NC during my time of Active Duty service. I always loved VA, for its history and untouched natural preservations, Yorktown VA, being one. It will and always will hold a special place in my heart. This should outrage every person, and this data center is just another breach of supervision of citizens of this country by no doubt the govt. to not exercise our rights properly. They are just seeing how far they can inch towards us before we turn into another version of China in the inside but Red, White and Blue on the outside.
@jankovarik9714
@jankovarik9714 Ай бұрын
Hey David! I've signed the petition, and I jumped over to the ABT website to make a donation. I've shared this video with a few like-minded people. We will fight "...to the last man..."
@vm.999
@vm.999 Ай бұрын
🙏🙏🙏
@diademglow3429
@diademglow3429 Ай бұрын
Just great, God help us.
@charlescollins9413
@charlescollins9413 Ай бұрын
Remember once it’s gone, it’s gone!
@BornTrespasser
@BornTrespasser Ай бұрын
FACT: The purpose of a corporation is to maximize shareholder short-term profit in any and every way possible, with complete disregard for anything else in society, including all life on Earth. Thank you for fighting them
@hotwax9376
@hotwax9376 Ай бұрын
Only the first half of that statement ("The purpose of a corporation is to maximize shareholder short-term profit") is fact. Stop drinking the left-wing Kool-Aid.
@tristenklein225
@tristenklein225 Ай бұрын
If that were fact there would be no corporate business in the US. FACT: What you stated applies to Government especially the tyrannical government we have today.
@BornTrespasser
@BornTrespasser Ай бұрын
When I say 'the purpose of the corporation', I mean each member of the board of directors is literally required by law to always act exclusively in the interest of maximizing shareholder profit. It's called their 'Fiduciary Duty'. So yes, it does involve the government in the sense that it is the law. You can look up this economic/legal concept online. Also, look up 'externality'. The social cost associated with the degradation of this cultural and historical resource is an externality of the data center.
@kevinbabicz
@kevinbabicz Ай бұрын
false, the purpose of a corporation is to serve the interests of its costumers which directly leads to profits. Oh and if you hate them so much why are you using KZfaq, which also runs on massive data centers??
@BornTrespasser
@BornTrespasser Ай бұрын
@@kevinbabicz just look up 'Fiduciary Duty' and 'externality'...🤷🏼‍♂️
@koreyg7674
@koreyg7674 Ай бұрын
Those who allow this should be disbarred from ever serving any elected office again. Thank you for the info and for defending the battlefield historic lands. God Bless.
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