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• Civil War series at museum
  To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the Amelia Island Museum of History is pleased to announce the Civil War Discovery series of lectures sponsored by First Federal Bank of Florida commencing in January.
• CIVIL WAR EYEWITNESS TO CO COME TO LIFE IN BLUFFTON
  CIVIL WAR EYEWITNESS TO CO COME TO LIFE IN BLUFFTON Thedaughter of former South Carolina Gov. Stephen Decatur Miller, Chesnut received the best of educations, reading voraciously and learning to translate French and German while a young student in Charleston. She kept a diary of hotbutton topics discussed in her parents’ home and later, in the years leading up to the war, as wife of state Sen.
• Two-Actor Civil War Romance Amelia Gets Free Staged Reading at Kennedy Center Sept. 5
  Amelia, Alex Webb's Civil War love story inspired by a single remark in a journal, gets a free public reading 2 PM Sept. 5 as part of the Kennedy Center's Page to Stage Festival at the Center's Millennium Stage.
• Greene History Notes: The Civil War’s sesquicentennial
  For the past several weeks I have been giving a lot of thought to the Civil War. This is partially due to attending the Civil War Music program at the Centre Church in Windham last month.
• Olympia, 2-war naval veteran, battles for survival
  The USS Olympia, a one-of-a-kind steel cruiser that returned home to a hero's welcome after a history-changing victory in the Spanish-American War, is a proud veteran fighting what may be its final battle.
• Delta 1st US carrier to resume international flights to Liberia after end of civil war
  Delta Air Lines Inc. has launched a direct flight from the U.S. to Liberia, becoming the first U.S. carrier to serve the West African nation since the end of more than a decade of civil war....
• Delta launches new flight from Liberia to US
  Delta Air Lines Inc. has launched a new flight from the U.S. to Liberia, becoming the first American carrier to serve the West African nation that is recovering from more than a decade of civil war.
• 2-war veteran Olympia battles for survival - Navy News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Navy Times
  PHILADELPHIA — The Olympia, a one-of-a-kind steel cruiser that returned home to a hero’s welcome after a history-changing victory in the Spanish-American War, is a proud veteran fighting what may be its final battle.
• Springfield-Greene County Library marking Civil War anniversary
  The Springfield-Greene County Library District is among dozens of area organizations making plans to observe the 150th anniversary of the start of the American Civil War in 2011.
• Blakeley Awarded Grant FundsTo Restore Civil War Battlefield
  Grant funds from the Save America’s Treasures federal program have been allocated to help restore the earthen fortifications at the Blakeley Civil War Battlefield and the foundations of Baldwin County’s first courthouse.