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National Geographic : 1960 Nov
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_ wI\ . . \f ,--T-- s ... ' -. *I - --- -,.- **-.--_ .- _-- - - _ . LEE ON "TRAVELLER" BEFOREMcLEAN HOUSE, APPOMATTOXCOURT HOUSE, VA. FROM A CONTEMPORARYPRINT. Grant and Lee make peace with honor "With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in-to do all which may achieve a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and among all nations." ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS When you stand before the McLean House at Appomattox, you see this Virginia hamlet al most exactly as it was on April 9, 1865. And that is well, for perhaps no place in America is so important to remember. In this house, U. S. Grant and Robert E. Lee shook hands and ended that war, which, in its con duct and its ending, best reveals the unique American character. Our Civil War was fought over principles; North and South, we fought hard for those principles. We made no turning back, no compromise. We endured hard ship, privation, even disaster, but we ended it with honor. Famous names whisper at Appomattox Court House : Sheri dan, Longstreet, Meade, Jack son. Awesome battles tug at your memory: Antietam, Chicka mauga, Manassas, Shiloh. But more to be remembered are the men: The Downeasters of the 20th Maine who held the Round Tops...A. P. Hill's lean veterans with their swinging route step...The Iron Brigade with the black slouch hats... Hood's fierce Texans, tenderly folding their heart-holding battleflags. They had fought as enemies. Now they shared their meagre rations, and their coun try's future, as brothers. It is good to come to this Na tional Historical Park where our differences were settled, and to ponder our history since that time. Our nation now leads the world. Its ideals, painfully seen by the light of battlefield camp fires a hundred years ago, are goals for mankind everywhere. FREETOUR INFORMATION. Plan now to visit Appomattox, or other historic Civil War battlefields. Let us help plan your trip to include scenic vacation spots. Write: Tour Bureau, Sinclair Oil Building, 600 Fifth Avenue, New York 20, N.Y . Stnclair AGreat Name inOil PUBLISHEDIN COOPERATIONWITHTHE CIVILWARCENTENNIALCOMMISSION,ESTABLISHEDBY ACTOF CONGRESSTO INCREASEAWARENESSOF OURHISTORICALHERITAGE- THEMENANDEVENTSWHICHSHAPEDOURNATION'SGROWTH. viiI
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