Jumat, 28 April 2017

Past and Present- Civil War Times June 2013

Two Monitor Crewmen Honored at Arlington On March 8, 2013—the 151st anniversary of the historic Monitor-Merrimac battle of 1862—the remains of two unidentified Monitor sailors were buried with full honors at Arlington National Cemetery. In the decade since two skeletons were discovered inside the turret of the wrecked USS Monitor, the Navy has attempted to …

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