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Civil War re-enactment demonstrates gun violence

Is it necessary to re-enact the Civil War battle scenes year after year? Granted, the Civil War is part of our history. But demonstrating and reliving how Americans killed each other no longer seems appropriate in this day and age of gun violence.

Ryoichi Morita, Coarsegold

This story was originally published October 30, 2015 at 7:47 AM with the headline "Civil War re-enactment demonstrates gun violence."

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