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Was asked an interesting question the other day. I was asked why a battlefield for the War of 1812? Why not something from the Civil War due to Custer? Who would actually visit an 1812 site?
All good questions that I am sure have crossed the minds of other people in the area. My answer was [...]
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In answer to the question what party was responsible for freeing the slaves and saving the Union?
The Republican Party which grew out ot the resistance to the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which overrode the Missouri-Compromise and allowed slavery to spread into the Western territory by popular sovereignty.
The Republican party absorbed anti-slavery Whigs and most Know-Nothings. [...]
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Let’s mix a little history with a little politics to show us all how politics has changed since the Civil War.
What political party was Lincoln apart of? The same political party that fought and freed the slaves. I’ll give you a day or two to research this one out. I would love to hear what [...]
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