March/April
2004
Seeing the
Big Picture
Historic landscapes provide an antidote to the dissonance
of modern life.
By Richard Todd
The Running
Battle at Minute Man Park
The cradle of the American Revolution faces a struggle
to turn back the clock. But all around it, time marches
on.
By Richard Higgins
History
Rocks
Buildings tell us stories of people and architecture
but also, through their stones, those of the earth
itself.
By Christina Le Beau
Homeland
Security
How well does the military safeguard priceless archaeological
sites on land controlled by the Defense Department?
By Terry Greene Sterling
Departments
Place: Smallness in
a town—and in oneself—is hard to outgrow.
By Natalie Angier
The
Short Answer: Hillary Rodham Clinton on America's
cultural treasures, from Lower Manhattan buildings
to the Star-Spangled Banner
Traveler:
Exploring the Washington coast along the Strait of
Juan de Fuca turns up natural beauty and the scars
of history.
By David Laskin
Preservation
News
Against its founder's instructions, the Barnes gallery
wants a Philadelphia venue • Transitions
• Withdrawal
of federal approval may be the last chapter in the
saga of a contentious L.A. freeway link • Birmingham,
Ala., hopes a restored public symbol will renew local
aspirations • Yikes!
in Iowa City, Iowa • Who's
News
Books:
For better or worse, architects Daniel Burnham and
Victor Gruen altered the American communal realm.
By Max Page
House Rules: Veteran
caretakers of aging houses take on the oldest brick
residence in Arkansas.
By James Morgan
Back
Page: Closing historic doors robs us of the wonderful
rite of entry.
By Dwight Young
Your
Trust
Information
for members and friends of the National Trust
Trust acquires Farnsworth House • Bank of America
aids rehabs • Profile: Cheryl Brown Henderson
• Drayton
Hall and Twin Towers in miniature • Arnold
Berke's NTHP More
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