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By JAN LAVALLEY
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
“If we don’t preserve our history we can lose our collective memory and lose our ability to preserve and plan for the future,” said Doug Baumgardner, Rappahannock attorney and president of the Rappahannock Historical Society.
Mr. Baumgardner, along with the Historical Society’s members and other citizens, are concerned about the state of disrepair of the Society’s building on Gay Street in Washington, Va.
The building has no air conditioning or climate control, the roof leaks and there is no security system in place, all of which, said Mr. Baumgardner, are threats to the priceless historical documents and other items of historical interest housed there.
“The building houses records that have accumulated over a long period and many are really priceless,” said Mr. Baumgardner. “There are letters of William Jennings Bryan, who had cousins here and visited often. We have records pertaining to the genealogy of families here. Those
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