Sesquicentennial
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150 years today General Robert E Lee surrended his Confederate troops to General Ulysses S. Grant at a private home in the village of Appomattox Court House – effectively ending the Civil War … WFIR’s Gene Marrano spoke to Salem Museum director John Long about today’s Sesquicentennial … here’s a “Longer Listen” (music is from Ken Burns Civil War documentary):
