ORANGE -- Wal-Mart's proposal to build a Supercenter near a Civil War battlefield in Virginia is headed to its first vote.
The Orange County Planning Commission is scheduled to take up the retailer's proposal this evening, with the final decision remaining with the Board of Supervisors.
A who's who of historians and preservation groups have protested the proposed Locust Grove address for the 138,000 square foot store. They have said the store will intrude upon history -- the Wilderness Battlefield -- where 29,000 Union and Confederate soldiers were killed or injured 145 years ago.
Wal-Mart has said its studies have concluded the store will not actually be on the site of any bloody combat.
Supervisors are not bound by the recommendations of the Planning Commission.
-- The Associated Press
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