In case you didn’t notice, it’s the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War, and for the next five years, we’ll be inundated with so many articles, books, celebrations and reenactments that perhaps like the participants themselves, we’ll wish it had been a shorter war. But before you become deaf to Civil War remembrances, visit some of the preserved battlefields scattered across our Commonwealth. In this week’s cover story, Brendan Fitzgerald reminds us how the experience of remembering the Civil War is different when you’re standing on the soil over which so many men fought and died. Read the cover story here and don’t forget to leave comments!
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