Country Music Artist Trace Adkins to Speak at Endangered Battlefields News Conference

Country Music Artist Trace Adkins to Speak at Endangered Battlefields News Conference

WASHINGTON, March 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Platinum-selling recording artist Trace Adkins, known for hit songs like "(This Ain't) No Thinking Thing" and "Ladies Love Country Boys," will be the keynote speaker at a news conference about endangered battlefields on Wednesday, March 12, 2008. Adkins is an avid student of history and a staunch supporter of preserving America's remaining Civil War battlefields.

Adkins will be joining Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) President James Lighthizer at the news conference for the release of History Under Siege, the organization's annual report on endangered battlefields. The report identifies the ten most threatened Civil War sites in the country and what is being done to rescue them.

The news conference will be held at 10:00 a.m. in the Frank Holeman Lounge of the National Press Club. Copies of the report will be available at the event. Refreshments will be served.

Following the news conference, Adkins and Lighthizer will visit Arlington National Cemetery for a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of Civil War Unknowns (located next to Arlington House). Taps will be played by a military trumpeter, and a Civil War color guard will be present. A special bus to the ceremony will leave from the Arlington National Cemetery Visitors Center at 11:30 a.m.

WHO: Platinum-Selling Recording Artist Trace Adkins

WHAT: News Conference and Wreath-Laying Ceremony

WHEN: Wednesday, March 12, 2008

WHERE: News Conference will begin at 10:00 a.m. in the Holeman Lounge of the National Press Club, 529 14th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Wreath-Laying Ceremony will be held at Arlington National Cemetery Tomb of Civil War Unknowns. Special bus will depart from visitor's center at 11:30 a.m.

CWPT is America's largest nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving our nation's remaining Civil War battlefields. CWPT's website is located at http://www.civilwar.org/.

(For directions, please visit us online at http://www.civilwar.org/mebr2008/directions.html)

First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact:

Source: Civil War Preservation Trust

CONTACT: Jim Campi, +1-202-367-1861, ext. 205, or Mary Koik,
+1-202-367-1861, ext. 231, both of the Civil War Preservation Trust

Web Site:

http://www.civilwar.org/

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