Manassas National Jubilee of Peace




Timeline

Y/M/D Description Place
1911/07/21 Lt Col Edmund Berkeley opens the Manassas National Jubilee of Peace, a week-long celebration of national healing and reunion, with an address and a poem he wrote. Manassas, the site of the first major battle of the war, was the site of the first reunion. Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas
1911/07/21 The Union and Confederate veterans line up in opposing rows on Henry House Hill, where on a signal, the two sides approach each other and shook hands in friendship and reconciliation. Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas
1911/07/22 After a picnic on the Manassas Battlefield, the crowd returns to the Prince William County Courthouse to listen to a speech by President William H Taft. Prince William County Courthouse, Manassas

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