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National Archives Digs Deep for New Civil War Exhibit

WASHINGTON (April 27) -- There are no tattered wool uniforms or rusty rifle muskets in "Discovering the Civil War," a new exhibit opening Friday at the National Archives. But the paper relics that make up most of the display are in some ways much easier to grasp. Take the 1862 letter from seamstresses at the U.S. Arsenal...

'Green Reaper' Wants US to Be Green to the Grave

(April 22) -- Being dead as a doornail is apparently no excuse for not being concerned with the environment. That's why one mortician in Boring, Ore., is taking it upon herself to tell her customers how they can spend eternity without harming Earth -- by creating urns out of their leftover laundry lint. She's Elizabeth...

Tourists Unmoved By Confederate History Month

(April 22) -- He did it to promote tourism, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell said after his decision to recognize April as Confederate History Month in the commonwealth drew sharp blowback. Now, with the month winding down, the question can be explored: Has McDonnell's move provided the boon he pledged? At least for this year,...

BCS Picture Clears Up Slightly, But Somebody Can Still Mess It Up for Everyone

As if anybody needed any proof that college football is completely batcakes, here it is. As we head into the final weekend, where all six BCS conferences will be playing, we don't really know who will grab the ten big-money bowl bids. There's a team in control of its own destiny and, in a way, everyone else's. No, not...

Background on CivilWar

CivilWarLand in Bad Decline is short story writer George Saunders’s first full length short story collection, published in 1996; it is 192 pages long.

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