This Day In History

From here:

Troops under Confederate General George Pickett begin a massive attack against the center of the Union lines at Gettysburg on the climactic third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, the largest engagement of the war. General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia encountered George Meade’s Army of the Potomac in Pennsylvania and battered the Yankees for two days. The day before Pickett’s charge, the Confederates had hammered each flank of the Union line but could not break through.

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  1. DANG! Are we being overcome with patriotism?!? I also expect to hear The Stars and Stripes March coming out of the speakers! Oh yeah, that’ll be at the concert tonight, along with all the other American music.

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