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A Modest Iron Man

By MI Digital November 22, 2024November 22, 2024

A writer visiting Arlington National Cemetery in the late 19th century noted Civil War veterans paying tribute at the memorial to Maj. Gen. James Brewerton Ricketts. “No more daring or chivalrous so

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