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National Park Service Director Jarvis Addresses The Value and Importance Of Maintaining Civil War Sites

Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal Submitted by Jon Jarvis on July 25, 2011 - National Parks Traveler Editor’s note: As the National Park Service last week commemorated the start of the Civil War 150 years ago, Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis addressed … Continue reading

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In North, Civil War sites, events long ‘forgotten’

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS, Associated Press FRAMINGHAM, Mass. – The gravesite of a Union Army major general sits largely forgotten in a small cemetery along the Massachusetts Turnpike. A piece of the coat worn by President Abraham Lincoln when he was … Continue reading

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