Fragments of American History

Stories for Independence Day.

Jul 04, 2023

∙ Paid

The surrender of General Lee to General Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865. Reproduction of a painting by Thomas Nast, which was completed thirty years after the surrender.

America, like any nation, consists of stories we tell ourselves about it. Whether we love or hate it is determined by how we remember it and the people who fo…

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