Word: civilizations
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While many eyes will be on the parades in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv this spring and summer to mark Israel's five decades of statehood, there is an equally important nation to monitor: Algeria. As this letter is being written Algeria is teetering on the verge of disaster. Its civil war has claimed tens of thousands of lives, and we could very well be looking at an Iranian-like fundamentalist regime in that part of the region within two or three years...
Sure they teach the civil war in school. But to bring one of the most important events in American history to life, there's nothing quite like standing on the same ground that General Ulysses S. Grant stood on more than a century ago or walking across the fields where tens of thousands of soldiers died...
...famous battle fought there. From July 1 through July 5, some 20,000 re-enactors--and thousands of spectators--will meet at a farm about two miles from the Gettysburg National Military Park for what is billed as "the largest gathering of Blue and Gray since the Civil...
From Gettysburg, head south to Antietam National Battlefield at Sharpsburg, where soldiers fought on what was the bloodiest day of the Civil War. After a couple of hours' tour, continue to Harpers Ferry, site of abolitionist John Brown's notorious raid on the U.S. arsenal. Harpers Ferry, at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers, is a great place for family outdoor activities like canoeing, rafting and hiking. At the Historical Park, visit the restored, pre-Civil War Lower Town, with its many living-history demonstrations. Plan to stay at the historic Hilltop House, a century-old stone...
From there, as the Union Army generals declared, it's on to Richmond, capital of the Confederacy. Stay at the Jefferson Hotel, a deluxe property that has played host to everyone from Theodore Roosevelt to Elvis Presley. Richmond is a trove of Civil War memorabilia (the Museum and White House of the Confederacy, Monument Avenue and the Richmond National Battlefield) and also boasts sites like St. John's Episcopal Church, where Patrick Henry gave his "Give me liberty or give me death" speech in 1775. A $15 block ticket gives access to more than 36 museums, houses, hotels and churches...