THE GODFATHER - DUVALL BATTLES STORE EXPANSION

DUVALL BATTLES STORE EXPANSION

THE GODFATHER legend ROBERT DUVALL is fighting plans to build a supermarket near an historic battlefield in Virginia.
Bosses at store giant Wal-Mart want to open a new branch near the site of a Civil War clash between Confederate General Robert E. Lee's troops and Union fighters led by Ulysses S. Grant in 1864.
But Duvall, who is a descendant of Lee, is fighting the proposal by backing preservationists in "chasing out" plans to build the store near the Wilderness Battlefield, Virginia.
He told a press conference on Monday (04May09) he is not against Wal-Mart opening more branches but insisted bosses must take into account local history when choosing potential locations.