[CPEO-MEF] PRESERVATION, REUSE: Vancouver Barracks (WA) added to National Historic Site

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Barracks that served as an Army post became part of the Fort  
Vancouver National Historic Site during a Memorial Day ceremony


By Amanda Waldroup
Oregonian
June 1, 2012,

The transition from U.S. Army reserve post to part of a national  
historic site will take time, but it will be worth the effort.  
Officials say having the east and south Vancouver Barracks become  
part of the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site significantly  
enhances the educational and cultural opportunities the park offers  
to the public.

The Barracks, a 33-acre site with 28 buildings on it, officially  
became part of the national historic site during a solemn and formal  
Memorial Day ceremony. For many, the transfer was bittersweet.

Closing the Barracks as an Army post has been long in the making. A  
2005 amended version of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act  
of 1990 ordered the closure of the barracks. But they were designated  
as a historical site, along with Fort Vancouver, by federal  
legislation way back in 1961.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.oregonlive.com/clark-county/index.ssf/2012/06/ 
barracks_that_served_as_an_arm.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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