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MONTCLAIR, NJ - The Township of Montclair held its annual Memorial Day ceremony on May 31 under relatively more favorable circumstances than in 2020, when the COVID-19 virus(SARS CoV-2) was still...
Col. Ulric Dahlgren, born in Warwick, was leading a raid in Virginia. Orders to burn Richmond and execute Jefferson Davis were found on his body.
Memorial Day is different from other holidays. Today, we gather not to mark a date or time, but rather an idea.
Yet, even as the county’s men joined the war, geography and circumstance insured that Culpeper itself would be a focal point for military action. Geographically, it sat midway between and slightly to the west of Richmond and Washington, D.C., and railroads linked it to both national capitals. The Orange and Alexandria ran northward from the county seat of Culpeper Court House to Alexandria; the Virginia Central connected the county to Richmond via Gordonsville. In addition, the Rappahannock River formed the county’s northern boundary, and Culpeper marked the first point on the river where...
CAF Capital Wing to Restore Machine Gun Turret for a Martin B-26 CAF Capital Wing to Restore Machine Gun Turret for a Martin B-26 The Commemorative Air Force’s Capital Wing in Culpeper, Virginia is beginning the process of restoring a machine gun turret from a Martin B-26 Marauder, one of the most effective U.S. medium bombers of World War II. The Marauder served primarily in the European Theater, but also saw action in the Mediterranean and Pacific Theaters too. Despite its capabilities, the U.S. military retired the Marauder in favor of other types soon after the war ended, and very few ...