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The Fredericksburg Battle App

Using 21st Century Technology to Help Illuminate a 19th Century Battlefield On May 4, 2011, the Civil War Trust officially launched the Fredericksburg Battle App – a GPS-enabled battlefield tour for iPhone and iPod Touches.  This launch brought to a close a project that I had been thinking or working on for the better part [...]

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The Great Race to Fort Ticonderoga

For weeks now I had been actively lobbying for a side trip to see historic Fort Ticonderoga along Lake Champlain. This remarkable fort was at the center of American history during the French & Indian Wars and during the American Revolution. The fact that it was almost two hours away from our hotel at the Sugarbush Resort in Warren, Vermont just didn’t seem like a reason not to go!

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