Check out the link to a great article by Lara Lutz.
http://starspangledtrail.net/blog/post/war-of-1812s-ghost-battlefields#.U_sltEzD99C
Lara has written a very interesting article on sites relating to the War of 1812. She takes a tour of a specific battle area that is not exactly well preserved. It is still there and all, but the markers are obstructed..... and there is a Wal-Mart.
It sounds like efforts are being made to improve the sites, and there are folks around trying to preserve and remember what they can.
In my travels, I have found similarly hidden and forgotten sites. As someone who likes to have a small souvenir of a visit to a historic place, I might make a visit to the Wal-Mart part of the trip. A receipt, or a candy bar wrapper might be in my scrap book next to a postcard or magazine article about the place. I have visited several historic and interesting locations where a mall, a post office and a general store now stand. I am sure there are more that I can't think of right now.
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