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When President Kennedy–and Professor Wiley–Stepped In
In the final report of the U.S. Civil War Centennial Commission, issued in 1968, Chairman Allan Nevins recalled “the great wave of popular interest in the Civil War” that led Congress to authorize the Commission in 1957. He also remembered … Continue reading
Posted in Memory, Ties to the War
Tagged Allan Nevins, Bell Wiley, Bruce Catton, Charleston, Civil Rights Movement, Civil War Centennial, Civil War Centennial Commission, Everett Landers, JFK, Karl S. Betts, Madeline A. Williams, Robert J. Cook, Stuart H. Ingersoll, Troubled Commemoration, Ulysses S. Grant III, William M. Tuck
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