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Reunion Bid Aims to Heal North South Rift in Washington
The piece discusses Confederate Memorial Day dates across states and a Congressional push led by Rep Edgar Howard to create a joint Union Confederate veteran reunion in Washington. It cites veterans Morley Cain and L D Richards, estimates of surviving soldiers, and the Maine to North Carolina flag return as signs of a shifting mood toward reconciliation. It also highlights remarks by Maj John Alleine Brown and quotes from Grant Lee McKinley and others, plus several related flag and relic acknowledgments across Atlanta Richmond and Washington.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Louisiana
Washington
Congress
Edgar Howard
Nebraska
United States Army
United States Treasury
Howard
Morley Cain
L. D. Richards
Fremont
Neb
Grand Army of the Republic
Dixie States
Virginia
Texas
Capitol
Ralph Brewster
Maine
President Coolidge
W. B. Freeman
Richmond
The
United Confederate Veterans
New Jersey
New York Times
South
Lee
Lincoln
Appomattox
Grant
Gordon
McKinley
Confederacy
Maj
John Alleine Brown
Washington City
Major Brown
Atlanta
Joseph E. Brown
Canton
Sherman
George M. Brown
E. L. Livey
Chicago
Alfred UL. Aiken
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Senate of Virginia
Senate
Junius B. West
J. Lewis Spaulding
Twenty-ninth
Connecticut Infantry
William A. Buckingham
Aiken
Connecticut
United States
Norwich
Virginia Senate
Confederate Senate
Washington, D. C
John L. Clem
Vivian Fleming
Davis
War Department
Spottsylvanian County Battlefield Memorial Commission
George F. Hobson
Army Quartermaster Corps
Clem
Fleming