Preserving Pensacola

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is ratcheting up the rhetoric in its effort to convince the Navy to reconsider its decision to demolish 39 historic structures at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida. “The Pensacola Naval Air Station National Historic Landmark District is the Independence Hall of our nation’s naval history," says National Trust President Richard Moe. "To lose the heart of this irreplaceable historic district at the hand of the U.S. Navy itself is incomprehensible." The structures on the base were damaged in last year's Hurricane Ivan.