PA's 150th Civil War commemoration

Sunday, 12 June 2011 11:28

PA's 150th Civil War commemoration

Written by Scott LaMar, Director of Radio Smart Talk

Radio Smart Talk doe Monday, June 13:

On this date in 1863, General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia was in Winchester, Virginia on their way to Pennsylvania. It was part of Lee's plan to invade the North and possibly provide momentum to northerners who wanted peace with the South. Today, Lee's stop in Winchester and his army's movements north are known as "The Gettysburg Campaign."

The history is noteworthy for both of today's Radio Smart Talk guests. John Seitter is the project manager of Pennsylvania Civil War 150 -- the state's four year commemoration of the war. Brett Kelley is the curator of the National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg and just completed a two-week walk from Fredericksburg, Virginia to Harrisburg -- following the path taken by Confederate General Richard Ewell in the Gettysburg Campaign.

Tune in to Monday's program for Civil War history on Radio Smart Talk.

Learn more about www.pacivilwar150.com.

National Civil War Museum:

http://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/index_1.php

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# Jeremy 2011-06-13 09:33

I attended high school in North carolina for the tenth grade. All of the young men I knew did not refer to the Civil War as, "The Civil War." They called it, "The War of Northern Aggression." Even to this day the perspective takes a 180 at the Mason Dixon line.

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