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Of all people,
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Gertrude Stein was hopelessly interested in this event.
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"There never will be anything more interesting than
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that American Civil War," she said.
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Why are so many people into this?
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Why do people want to read about it, re-enact it,
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go play it, go visit it?
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Is it just heritage tourism?
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Is it just the attraction of military history?
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What is it that compels us to remember the most divisive,
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most bloody, the most tragic event in our national history?
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And how do we remember it?