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Woven to Memory:
At first, the connection was purely personal -- mourning a loved lost-one or reflecting on individual trials. But over time, the battles and battlefields became part of a national memory -- a tapestry of events, places and stories that weave us together as a people.
Visitors at the monument to Jackson's wounding, probably in the late 1890s. The monument still stands outside the visitor center. |