Historians reach 取引,協定 for 革命の War 戦場

PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) ― Historical 行動主義者s on Monday 発表するd an 協定 to save a 部分 of a 革命の War 戦場 in New Jersey from 開発.

The Civil War 信用 told The Associated 圧力(をかける) it has an 協定 to buy nearly 15 acres of land across from Princeton 戦場 明言する/公表する Park for $4 million. The group has raised $1.4 million to buy the land from the 学校/設ける for 前進するd 熟考する/考慮する and will now begin fundraising for the 残り/休憩(する), 広報担当者 Jim Campi said.

The Maxwell's Field 場所/位置 is where historians believe George Washington's 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金 first struck British lines during the 戦う/戦い of Princeton in January 1777. The land will be 寄付するd to the 明言する/公表する to become part of the park.

FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2015 file photo, cars pass the sign for the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J. Historical activists have reached an agree...

FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2015 とじ込み/提出する photo, cars pass the 調印する for the 学校/設ける of 前進するd 熟考する/考慮する in Princeton, N.J. Historical 行動主義者s have reached an 協定 to save a 部分 of a 革命の War 戦場 in New Jersey from 開発. The Civil War 信用 tells The Associated 圧力(をかける) on Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, that it will 支払う/賃金 an academic 学校/設ける $4 million for nearly 15 acres across from Princeton 戦場 明言する/公表する Park. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, とじ込み/提出する)

The 学校/設ける ―where Albert Einstein worked ― is building faculty 住宅 on the part of the land it is keeping. The 学校/設ける, which is not (v)提携させる(n)支部,加入者d with Princeton University, will 取って代わる seven 提案するd 選び出す/独身-family home lots with eight 付加 townhouses. The 取引,協定 hinges on 是認 from the Princeton planning board and Delaware and Raritan Canal (売買)手数料,委託(する)/委員会/権限.

"This 目印 協定 will enable us to 保存する one of the defining moments in American history," said James Lighthizer, 大統領,/社長 of the Civil War 信用.

The 学校/設ける 寄付するd 32 acres to the 明言する/公表する in the 1970s for the 開発 of the park, said spokeswoman Christine Ferrara.

"We are 確信して that this new 計画(する) and 共同 will 高める the experience of the park for all who visit," said Robbert Dijkgraaf, director of the 学校/設ける.

支持者s of 保護 say the tract is one of the most 危うくするd historic 場所/位置s in the nation, 公式文書,認めるing it's where Washington's successful 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金 helped raise 意気込み/士気 and arguably saved the American 革命.

Roger Williams, 長官 of the Princeton 戦場 Society, said that the 妥協 gives the group and historians the ability to "解釈する/通訳する the 戦う/戦い to be able to give a sense of what happened on this land."

"We have to be practical preservationists here," he said. "The land on which they are building was land on which 軍隊/機動隊s marched, but you know what, so was the 学校/設ける. There were other parts of Princeton where major 活動/戦闘 took place."

連邦の 公式の/役人s long assumed that 戦場 場所/位置s in 私的な 手渡すs would keep their 農業 use, as no one 想像するd the はびこる growth that followed World War II. In the 10年間s before that, 戦場 保護 mostly 焦点(を合わせる)d on 保存するing small 小包s around monuments and 戦場 features such as 要塞s and earthworks.

専門家s also 公式文書,認める that 革命の War 戦場 場所/位置s were not 井戸/弁護士席 文書d, so 研究員s still are learning about the size and extent of these 場所/位置s.

Bruce Afran, the 弁護士/代理人/検事 for the Princeton 戦場 Society, said archaeological 調査するs show both British and American 大砲 爆撃するs scattered at the 場所/位置 in a pattern that shows the American 前進する and British 退却/保養地.

FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2015 file photo, removal of a tree line has taken place as preparations are made for the construction of new housing at the Institute...

FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2015 とじ込み/提出する photo, 除去 of a tree line has taken place as 準備s are made for the construction of new 住宅 at the 学校/設ける of 前進するd 熟考する/考慮する in Princeton, N.J. The 目だつ academic 学校/設ける, where Albert Einstein worked, wants to build a 15-部隊 faculty 住宅 開発 on land 隣接する to Princeton 戦場 明言する/公表する Park. Historical 行動主義者s have reached an 協定 to save a 部分 of a 革命の War 戦場 in New Jersey from 開発. The Civil War 信用 tells The Associated 圧力(をかける) on Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, that it will 支払う/賃金 an academic 学校/設ける $4 million for nearly 15 acres across from Princeton 戦場 明言する/公表する Park. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, とじ込み/提出する)

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