The Crater Battlefield, the Power of Place, and Historical Memory
Yesterday I asked readers to share their favorite Civil War battlefield. Today I share mine.
A good friend of mine, who recently retired from the National Park Service, once suggested that the United States has preserved more battlefield land than every other nation combined in the history of the world. That’s a striking claim and one that I suspect is true. It says something about how we see ourselves as Americans and what we value in our effo…
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