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Article: Civil War sites still have much to teach Americans

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June 27, 2000
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I jumped the gun (excuse the choice of word) on Elderhostel's "Fall Season Theme: The Civil War," which features 24 great on-site Civil War programs. In early June, I attended the University of Virginia "Civil War Conference on the 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign."

A veteran of eight domestic Elderhostels over 11 years, I know Elderhostels. Enough to be very excited about the fall programs and recommend them without reservation.

The UVA program is an overscribed, once a year thing. But there are an indeterminate number of similar programs out there for tens of thousands of Civil War students, scholars and buffs.

I realized the extent of interest when friend Chuck Keaton, with whom I ...

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