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The sale of “Longlea”, the magnificent chateau-type manor house on 671 acres near Boston, Virginia, heralds a new program of educational activity of much interest to Rappahannock and Culpeper Counties. The estate is located in the western section of Culpeper County a short distance from U. S. 522. "Longlea” is one of the largest private estates to change hands in this area in recent years. The sale, negotiated by Edward A. Harris of Edward A. Harris & Associates, Huntly, was consummated last week. The sellers were Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Kirkpatrick, and the purchaser is John M. Fisher, President of the Institute for American Strategy. The Institute is a non-profit organization incorporated in 1949 to conduct seminars and studies of the most effective ways to combat Communism, with stress also on affirmative ways to advance democracy. The administrative director is Gen. Edward Lansdale, now on leave in Vietnam as an assistant in rehabilitation work to Ambassador Lodge. The organization’s board of directors includes many top industrialists and educators, and its Advisory Board consists of eight U. S. Senators and 27 Representatives. Senators Thomas J. Dodd, Demo9*31 of Connecticut, and Karl ffc. Mundt, Republican, of S. Dakota, are co-chairman ot the Senate group.
The beautiful manor house will be redecorated and refurbished by the Institute, which plans to hold its first event, a seminar, there during the first week of May. Fisher said the institute’s annual meeting will be held
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