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Robert M. Poole - On Hallowed Ground
Nov 21 2009 6:00 pm
Nov 21 2009 7:00 pm
Poole’s history of Arlington National Cemetery intertwines the often poignant stories of some of the 300,000 individuals laid to rest there with America’s martial history since the Civil War. The site itself testifies to the nation’s war-torn past: once the family plantation of Robert E. Lee, it served as a Union headquarters after Lee switched his allegiance to the Confederacy. It was also used as a haven for freed slaves and a burial ground for indigent soldiers before Secretary of War Stanton officially established it as part of a national cemetery. Poole, author of Explorers House and a contributing editor as Smithsonian, has produced a deeply felt and thoroughly researched book.
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- Politics and Prose
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