Kamis, 26 Januari 2017

Everybody Loves a Parade: Grand Review of the Civil War

With the fighting finished, Washington pulls out all the stops for a Grand Review. THE CONCLUSION OF FOUR YEARS of grueling civil war called for a celebration, according to The New York Times. “This war has been singularly wanting in pomp and pride and circumstance,” the paper opined on May 4, 1865, expressing its hope …

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