Appomattox courthouse village is famous because its where general lee surrendered the army of Northern Virginia to you lessees to Ulysses S Grant bringing about an end or the beginning of the end to the American Civil War. This little town has a lot of history for its size. Today, we would like to talk a little bit about why appomattox courthouse is so famous. Wed like to spend more time talking about some Untold Stories. ,he courthouse is a village complete with a tavern, stores, lawyers offices and homes. The town was not more than 140 people in 1865. Its an unlikely place for two large military forces to meet. Army of Northern Virginia and general grants multiple army forces with about 63,000 men, about 95,000 soldiers total within a six mile rate is of here. Unlikely because its not were either army wanted to be. Its where they ended up. As fate would have it for generally, his army was practically surrounded here by general grants forces and on the morning of palm sunday, april 9,
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That were thought to benefit if we have a slow and healthy unwinding of all of this but dont be surprised if these weigh on the markets because in the sixblock area of a beautiful city its unsiege as occupy seattle if you will, dan springer knows it well, he hes been reporting better than anyone else, dan its a tough position for the mayor to be in, the police chief to be in because they dont seem to be on the same page and id imagine people who live and work in the area but how are things going today . Well neil, this is bizarre and concerning and yesterday the mayor had her first News Conference since this began monday night and she basically said she doesnt know how this is going to end and she likened the people inside to a gay pride festival and she said afterwards she was asked by cnn how this is going to end and she said who knows we could be in for the summer of love but let me take you behind me to one of these barricaded entrances that theres six of them and look at this guy.
And globally cases now topping 4900000 with 325000 reported deaths now here in the United States alone the number of cases now 1500000 with 92000 deaths now take a closer look at what at what is happening in the nation the c. D. C. Has set guidelines for reopening america only to be shelved by the white house claiming that the guidelines were too specific as a result the c. D. C. Quietly releases a revised shorter version of the guidelines on its website and said now this as all 50 states are in the process of reopening just in time for memorial day and turning over to a state that is gaining some headlines now florida which has thus far been devastated with 2096 deaths while on monday the state started reopening for businesses part of the phase one approach to a new normal but its not without controversy as the Governors Administration is being accused of suppressing critical covert 19 data arties john hardy has more now from miami. Safe smart step by step thats the name of the state
All right so tired of trying to boost her news i q. And globally cases now topping 4900000 with 325000 reported deaths now here in the United States alone the number of cases now 1500000 with 92000 deaths now take a closer look at what at what is happening in the nation the c. D. C. Has set guidelines for reopening america only to be shelled by the white house claiming that the guidelines were too specific as a result the c. D. C. Quietly releases a revised shorter version of the guidelines on its website and said now this has all 50 states are in the process of reopening just in time for memorial day and turning over to a state that is gaining some headlines now florida which has thus far been devastated with 2096 deaths while on monday the state started reopening for business is part of the phase one approach to a new normal but its not without controversy as the Governors Administration is being accused of suppressing critical covert 19 data arties john harvey has more now from miam