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Show Famous Virginia Placa Made Into Golf Links Golf balls instead of bullets now disturb flip air around the famous Mannsfleld Hall estate. The historic Virginia mansion is now a country clubhouse, and the golf links mark the spot where Gen. Kufus Dawes, father of Vice President Presi-dent Dawes, led a charge against the Confederate lines. It will be included in the Fredericksburg and Spottsyl-' vania County Battlefield park authorized author-ized by congress. George Washington often roamed the terrain with his dogs when he was a small boy. The estate dates back into the Eighteenth century, although al-though the present Mannsfleld Hall was not erected until ISOo. It forms an ideal site for the exclusive club, overlooking the Rappahannock river that flows only a stone's throw from the porch. President Coolidge spoke from the porch of the old mansion when he dedicated the Battlefield park in October, Oc-tober, when the first memorial was unveiled. |