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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Today marks 150 years since the first shots were fired in the American Civil War. Cannons boomed at dawn around Charleston Harbor, recreating the bombardment of Fort Sumter that plunged the nation into the Civil War on April 12, 1861.
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Monday, April 11, 2011
Some 300 re-enactors are camped out at Patriots Point in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. Sunday morning began with a period church service, followed by artillery drills and cannon firing.
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Thursday, April 07, 2011
Charleston Sen. Robert Ford stood on the Senate floor waving a Confederate flag Thursday. Ford says African-Americans should celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in South Carolina. What do you think?
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Monday, June 29, 2009
Bernard Madoff is sentenced to 150 years in prison for multibillion-dollar fraud scheme.
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