Townshend man combats racist violence in the South
Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. BRATTLEBORO â In March of 1877, Rutherford B. Hayes became the president of the United States. According to the Vermont Phoenix, in his inauguration speech Hayes said the Southern question was foremost on his mind. After a decade of controversy, how should the federal government support the reestablishment of the Southern states within the United States of America? The Civil War had ended almost 12 years earlier, but violent conflicts in the former Confederate states had not ended. In May 1876 a local Civil War hero, Marshall Twitchel...
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