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FORT SUMTER NATIONAL MONUMENT, S.C. Somber period music, flickering candlelight and booming cannons will usher in the nations observance of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
The opening salvo of that war that began in Charleston Harbor will be recreated Tuesday. The war began before dawn on April 12, 1861, with the start of a Confederate bombardment of Union-held Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. The conflict ended four years later with the surrender of Confederate forces in Virginia on April 9, 1865.
Were very clear we dont see this as a celebration but rather as a somber time, Tim Stone, the superintendent of the Fort Sumter National Monument said Monday. We know that over the course of the four years of the Civil War 600,000 lives were lost. Its a very tragic event. AP
150th: commemoration, not celebration - Chicago Sun-Times
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The "South" alone could beat the crap out of the invading Mexicans and reclaim the United States for all Americans.
The opening salvo of that war that began in Charleston Harbor will be recreated Tuesday. The war began before dawn on April 12, 1861, with the start of a Confederate bombardment of Union-held Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. The conflict ended four years later with the surrender of Confederate forces in Virginia on April 9, 1865.
Were very clear we dont see this as a celebration but rather as a somber time, Tim Stone, the superintendent of the Fort Sumter National Monument said Monday. We know that over the course of the four years of the Civil War 600,000 lives were lost. Its a very tragic event. AP
150th: commemoration, not celebration - Chicago Sun-Times
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The "South" alone could beat the crap out of the invading Mexicans and reclaim the United States for all Americans.
WHAT WOULD ROBERT E. LEE DO?