January 24, 2011 | Posted by javal A gun used in the Civil War, then stolen from the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond has been recovered more than three decades after the theft.
The museum considered the .36 caliber Spiller and Burr revolver used by General George Washington Rains one of its most prized possessions.
“This is one of the very first and [...]
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January 24, 2011 | Posted by javal Almost 150 years after the first shots of the Civil War were fired, a modern battle commences in an Orange County courtroom tomorrow.
This time, it’s not North vs. South, but Preservationists vs. Wal-Mart.
History vs. Shopping would be the simple way to portray it.
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January 24, 2011 | Posted by javal The first commemorative event of the Civil War’s sesquicentennial in the Manassas area was a memorable one.
Some 200 people turned out for the Blue and Gray Ball at the Hylton Performing Arts Center, taking a step back in time.
Highlights of Saturday night’s event included:
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January 24, 2011 | Posted by javal Civil War history will be played out in a rural Virginia courtroom this week when Wal-Mart Stores Inc. defends a planned store near a hallowed site where Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant first met on the field of battle in 1864.
The trial in Orange County Circuit Court pits preservationists and residents against the [...]
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January 13, 2011 | Posted by javal The War Between the States began 150 years ago. It ended four years later in Appomattox.
A new Confederacy Museum is in the works in Appomattox; it’s just one way the anniversary of the Civil War is helping garner interest in the town.
“In this county alone, in Appomattox Co., 60% of the families had slaves,” said [...]
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January 13, 2011 | Posted by javal Next week kicks off the Civil War commemoration events in Prince William County and Manassas with the Blue and Gray Ball.
A group of women dressed in colorful 1860s attire came to a meeting of the Manassas City Council on Monday to promote the event that takes place on Jan. 22.
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January 13, 2011 | Posted by javal The order to abandon ship came just after midnight. The USS Monitor, a Union ironclad, was taking on too much water, caught in a violent storm. At approximately 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 31, 1862, the Monitor was overcome, engulfed by the crashing waves.
Almost 150 years later, conservators are getting the first up-close look at the [...]
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January 13, 2011 | Posted by javal Arlington school officials decided Wednesday to pull a textbook in which historians have found dozens of errors.
“Based upon the recent information about the number and scope of errors identified in the Grade 4 Social Studies textbook, Our Virginia: Past and Present, Arlington Public Schools (APS) officials announced today their decision to remove all print copies [...]
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January 12, 2011 | Posted by javal Two history textbooks that contain multiple errors will be replaced without charge to Virginia schools.
The Virginian-Pilot reports that Five Ponds Press is revising “Our Virginia: Past and Present” and “Our America to 1865” with the help of a historian. The revised textbooks will be available online Jan. 15. Replacement books for schools and divisions that [...]
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January 11, 2011 | Posted by javal A well-placed lightning strike lit a Middleburg barn on fire last year—burning it to the ground. But now, with help from an Amish construction crew, the barn is on the way back up.
“We build barns, that’s what we do,” Amish construction foreman Moses Reihl told the Times-Mirror, as he and a crew of his workers [...]
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