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Date Posted: 06:06:06 03/24/07 Sat
Author: Doug Cooper
Subject: Re: Preservation fund raising
In reply to: Steve Mayeux 's message, "Preservation fund raising" on 21:49:37 03/21/07 Wed

> Just wanted to thank you folks again for what you
>did for Fort DeRussy. As of last count (and everything
>isn't in yet), you have raised over $3,100 for
>preservation efforts and hopefully, land acquisition,
>at the fort.
>
> In my last contact with Doug Cooper, he said "all
>you need to do to thank us is to save that Fort and
>take care of it the best way you know how. That is our
>reward." Well, you can count on that. We're going to
>make it a place you will be proud of, and by "we", I
>mean the Friends of Fort DeRussy and the men, women
>and children of Banks' Grand Retreat - who are most
>definitely Friends of Fort DeRussy. Thanks again.

It does not get much better than knowing your grandkids might some day be standing in front of Fort DeRussy and seeing what it looked like on March 14, 1864. That is the kind of legacy the men and women of BGR can be proud of.

The "Friends of Fort DeRussy" just got bigger by 190.

Doug

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