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Birth of a Nation returns to town drawing crowds
Announcement previews a second run of The Birth of a Nation at Colonial theater with box office sale Thursday the 18th to handle demand. The two act drama by D. W. Griffith depicts prewar slave sales, Civil War battles, Lincoln’s assassination, and Reconstruction with scenes of Piedmont South Carolina and the Stoneman family, highlighting its patriotic framing and controversial depictions.
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Colonial Theater
D. W. Griffith
Thomas Dixon
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Dr. Cameron
Piedmont
S. C
Lincoln
Dixie
Cameron
Atlanta
Lee
Colonel
Washington Military Hospital
Elsie Stoneman
Stonemans
South
Col. Cameron
Washington
Congress
Ford
John Wilkes Booth
South Carolina
Congressman Stoneman
Cal Lynch
Col
Lynch
Flora
Gus