Conversation Piece: Faulty Tower

n one of those ironic twists of history, a monument erected to honor Confederate troops who fought at the December 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg somehow now bears the name of a Union general—the victor of the pivotal Battle of Gettysburg, no less! Known today as “Meade’s Pyramid,” the 23-foot-tall structure—built of 17 tons of stacked …

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