Civil War Re-enactors Honor Ancestors Who Forged Modern America

The echo of the American Civil War of the 1860s still resonates in the United States. The descendants of those who made history come together every year to remember the greatest battles and to discuss the military campaigns of the war that almost divided this nation. The re-enactment of one of the war's most significant battles takes place each year on the streets of the small Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg. To the naked eye, the view of this little Pennsylvania town looks like a...

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