Y/M/D | Description | Place |
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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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