http://www.washingtonpost.com?wprss=rss_linksetThe blog on all things Civil War.enCopyright 2012 Washington Post CompanyWed, 22 May 2013 21:57:13 GMTWed, 22 May 2013 21:57:13 GMT5http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gifhttp://www.washingtonpost.com?wprss=rss_linksethttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/2c4652e1/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Chouse0Edivided0Cpost0Cpostal0Eservice0Eissues0Egettysburg0Eand0Evicksburg0Estamps0C20A130C0A50C220C2ab696180Ec3280E11e20E8c3b0E0Ab5e9247e8ca0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ihouse0Edivided/story01.htm<p>The U.S. Postal Service will unveil the two Civil War commemorative stamps for 2013 tomorrow at Gettysburg and Vicksburg, the battlefields pictured on the new Forever stamp.</p> <p> In Gettysburg, the official introduction of the stamp will take place tomorrow at 11 a.m. at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center. The Vicksburg stamp will be unveiled at a 10 a.m. event at the USS Cairo Museum. The public is invited to attend both events. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/postal-service-issues-gettysburg-and-vicksburg-stamps/2013/05/22/2ab69618-c328-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-divided">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/2c4652e1/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fpostal-service-issues-gettysburg-and-vicksburg-stamps%2F2013%2F05%2F22%2F2ab69618-c328-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Postal+Service+issues+Gettysburg+and+Vicksburg+stamps" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a 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demonstrations.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/memorial-day-remembrances-at-four-area-civil-war-sites/2013/05/20/cb039418-c17f-11e2-ab60-67bba7be7813_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-divided">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/2c2c6b04/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fmemorial-day-remembrances-at-four-area-civil-war-sites%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2Fcb039418-c17f-11e2-ab60-67bba7be7813_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Memorial+Day+remembrances+at+four+area+Civil+War+sites" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a 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Park Service spoke recently to the Front Royal, Va. Civil War Round Table about <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/va103.htm">the battle</a> in that town on May 23, 1862, part of Maj. Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson’s Valley Campaign.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/npss-ed-bearss-going-strong-into-his-ninth-decade/2013/05/15/1cd1e37c-bd6f-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-divided">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/2bf5a44c/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fnpss-ed-bearss-going-strong-into-his-ninth-decade%2F2013%2F05%2F15%2F1cd1e37c-bd6f-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Civil+War+guide+Ed+Bearss+going+strong+into+his+ninth+decade" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a 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cremated remains had remained at an Indianapolis funeral home because no one had claimed them.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/remains-of-civil-war-soldiers-to-be-buried-at-arlington/2013/05/07/f6d5352a-b74c-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-divided">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/2ba1b594/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fremains-of-civil-war-soldiers-to-be-buried-at-arlington%2F2013%2F05%2F07%2Ff6d5352a-b74c-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Remains+of+Civil+War+soldiers+to+be+buried+at+Arlington" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a 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src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164017245475/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2ba1b594/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164017245475/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2ba1b594/a2t.img" border="0"/>Tue, 07 May 2013 19:58:34 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/remains-of-civil-war-soldiers-to-be-buried-at-arlington/2013/05/07/f6d5352a-b74c-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-dividedLinda Wheelerhttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/2b7028fc/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Chouse0Edivided0Cpost0Clincoln0Eand0Ethe0Elaw0Eof0Ewar0Esymposium0C20A130C0A50C0A20Ca77877720Eb3450E11e20E9a980E4be1688d7d840Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ihouse0Edivided/story01.htm<p>On May 4, from 1 to 5 p.m., the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.lincolngroup.org/">Lincoln Group of D.C.</a> is sponsoring a symposium, “Lincoln, Lieber and the Law of War: 1863-9/11” at the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington. It will take place in the ceremonial court room.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/lincoln-and-the-law-of-war-symposium/2013/05/02/a7787772-b345-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-divided">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/2b7028fc/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Flincoln-and-the-law-of-war-symposium%2F2013%2F05%2F02%2Fa7787772-b345-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Lincoln+and+the+law+of+war+symposium" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Flincoln-and-the-law-of-war-symposium%2F2013%2F05%2F02%2Fa7787772-b345-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Lincoln+and+the+law+of+war+symposium" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Flincoln-and-the-law-of-war-symposium%2F2013%2F05%2F02%2Fa7787772-b345-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Lincoln+and+the+law+of+war+symposium" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Flincoln-and-the-law-of-war-symposium%2F2013%2F05%2F02%2Fa7787772-b345-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Lincoln+and+the+law+of+war+symposium" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Flincoln-and-the-law-of-war-symposium%2F2013%2F05%2F02%2Fa7787772-b345-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Lincoln+and+the+law+of+war+symposium" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164017007120/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2b7028fc/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164017007120/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2b7028fc/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164017007120/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2b7028fc/a2t.img" border="0"/>Thu, 02 May 2013 16:39:34 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/lincoln-and-the-law-of-war-symposium/2013/05/02/a7787772-b345-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-dividedLinda Wheelerhttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/2b66a49f/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Chouse0Edivided0Cpost0Cstill0Etime0Eto0Eregister0Efor0Egrant0Econference0Ethis0Eweekend0C20A130C0A50C0A10Cedf80A8a40Eb2a80E11e20E9a980E4be1688d7d840Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ihouse0Edivided/story01.htm<p> <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.usgrantlibrary.org/">The Ulysses S. Grant Association</a> has scheduled a three-day <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.usgrantlibrary.org/usga/annualmeeting/2013.asp">conference and annual meeting</a> in Georgetown, Ohio, the small town where Grant grew up.</p> <p/> <p>It begins Friday with a dinner and speaker, followed by a day-long bus and walking tour of Grant sites in the area, in particular the recent $1.4 million restored house where Grant grew up. Saturday’s program concludes with another dinner and speaker. On Sunday, the event ends with a morning discussion of Grant’s status in popular culture and education.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/still-time-to-register-for-grant-conference-this-weekend/2013/05/01/edf808a4-b2a8-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-divided">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/2b66a49f/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fstill-time-to-register-for-grant-conference-this-weekend%2F2013%2F05%2F01%2Fedf808a4-b2a8-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Still+time+to+register+for+Grant+conference+this+weekend" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fstill-time-to-register-for-grant-conference-this-weekend%2F2013%2F05%2F01%2Fedf808a4-b2a8-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Still+time+to+register+for+Grant+conference+this+weekend" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fstill-time-to-register-for-grant-conference-this-weekend%2F2013%2F05%2F01%2Fedf808a4-b2a8-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Still+time+to+register+for+Grant+conference+this+weekend" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fstill-time-to-register-for-grant-conference-this-weekend%2F2013%2F05%2F01%2Fedf808a4-b2a8-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Still+time+to+register+for+Grant+conference+this+weekend" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fstill-time-to-register-for-grant-conference-this-weekend%2F2013%2F05%2F01%2Fedf808a4-b2a8-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Still+time+to+register+for+Grant+conference+this+weekend" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016897538/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2b66a49f/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016897538/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2b66a49f/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016897538/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2b66a49f/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 01 May 2013 21:59:35 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/still-time-to-register-for-grant-conference-this-weekend/2013/05/01/edf808a4-b2a8-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-dividedLinda Wheelerhttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/2b62eb44/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Chouse0Edivided0Cpost0Cmoon0Eblamed0Ein0Estonewall0Ejacksons0Edeath0C20A130C0A50C0A10C84360A93e0Eb25d0E11e20E9a980E4be1688d7d840Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ihouse0Edivided/story01.htm<p>Just in time for the anniversary of the battle of Chancellorsville, there is a new theory as to why Lt. Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson’s own men fired on him, mortally wounding him on the evening of May 2, 1863.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/moon-blamed-in-stonewall-jacksons-death/2013/05/01/8436093e-b25d-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-divided">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/2b62eb44/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fmoon-blamed-in-stonewall-jacksons-death%2F2013%2F05%2F01%2F8436093e-b25d-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Moon+blamed+in+Stonewall+Jackson%E2%80%99s+death" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fmoon-blamed-in-stonewall-jacksons-death%2F2013%2F05%2F01%2F8436093e-b25d-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Moon+blamed+in+Stonewall+Jackson%E2%80%99s+death" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fmoon-blamed-in-stonewall-jacksons-death%2F2013%2F05%2F01%2F8436093e-b25d-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Moon+blamed+in+Stonewall+Jackson%E2%80%99s+death" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fmoon-blamed-in-stonewall-jacksons-death%2F2013%2F05%2F01%2F8436093e-b25d-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Moon+blamed+in+Stonewall+Jackson%E2%80%99s+death" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fmoon-blamed-in-stonewall-jacksons-death%2F2013%2F05%2F01%2F8436093e-b25d-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Moon+blamed+in+Stonewall+Jackson%E2%80%99s+death" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016875920/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2b62eb44/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016875920/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2b62eb44/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016875920/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2b62eb44/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 01 May 2013 12:59:43 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/moon-blamed-in-stonewall-jacksons-death/2013/05/01/8436093e-b25d-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-dividedLinda Wheelerhttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/2b40c47d/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Chouse0Edivided0Cpost0Cwinchester0Ebattlefield0Eto0Ereturn0Eto0E18640Efarm0Eappearance0C20A130C0A40C270C354259fa0Eaf910E11e20Ea9860Eeec837b1888b0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ihouse0Edivided/story01.htm<p/> <p>Five years ago, the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.shenandoahatwar.org/">Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation</a> purchased a 209-acre parcel of the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/shenandoah/svs3-12.html">Third Winchester Battlefield</a> that included the infamous Middle Field where some of the most desperate fighting had taken place. In that one phase of the battle on Sept. 19, 1864, more than 3,000 men became casualties.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/winchester-battlefield-to-return-to-1864-farm-appearance/2013/04/27/354259fa-af91-11e2-a986-eec837b1888b_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-divided">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/2b40c47d/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fwinchester-battlefield-to-return-to-1864-farm-appearance%2F2013%2F04%2F27%2F354259fa-af91-11e2-a986-eec837b1888b_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Winchester+battlefield+to+return+to+1864+farm+appearance" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fwinchester-battlefield-to-return-to-1864-farm-appearance%2F2013%2F04%2F27%2F354259fa-af91-11e2-a986-eec837b1888b_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Winchester+battlefield+to+return+to+1864+farm+appearance" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fwinchester-battlefield-to-return-to-1864-farm-appearance%2F2013%2F04%2F27%2F354259fa-af91-11e2-a986-eec837b1888b_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Winchester+battlefield+to+return+to+1864+farm+appearance" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fwinchester-battlefield-to-return-to-1864-farm-appearance%2F2013%2F04%2F27%2F354259fa-af91-11e2-a986-eec837b1888b_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Winchester+battlefield+to+return+to+1864+farm+appearance" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fwinchester-battlefield-to-return-to-1864-farm-appearance%2F2013%2F04%2F27%2F354259fa-af91-11e2-a986-eec837b1888b_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Winchester+battlefield+to+return+to+1864+farm+appearance" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016670970/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2b40c47d/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016670970/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2b40c47d/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016670970/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2b40c47d/a2t.img" border="0"/>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 23:34:39 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/winchester-battlefield-to-return-to-1864-farm-appearance/2013/04/27/354259fa-af91-11e2-a986-eec837b1888b_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-dividedLinda Wheelerhttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/2b396028/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Chouse0Edivided0Cpost0Cflag0Ethat0Edraped0Ejacksons0Ecoffin0Eon0Eexhibit0C20A130C0A40C260Cd4dd81240Eaeba0E11e20Ea9860Eeec837b1888b0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ihouse0Edivided/story01.htm<p>The rarely seen “<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.civilwarhome.com/2national.htm">Stainless Banner</a>” that covered the coffin of Lt. Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson while he lay in state in Richmond at the Capitol will be exhibited by the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.moc.org/visit-us?mode=richmond">Museum of the Confederacy</a> on May 11 and 12 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The nickname stainless refers to the Second National Flag of the Confederacy which had a pure white field with the Confederate battle flag as its canton. The new design was approved by the Confederate Congress on May 1, 1863, and one of its first uses was the Jackson funeral.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/flag-that-draped-jacksons-coffin-on-exhibit/2013/04/26/d4dd8124-aeba-11e2-a986-eec837b1888b_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-divided">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/2b396028/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fflag-that-draped-jacksons-coffin-on-exhibit%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2Fd4dd8124-aeba-11e2-a986-eec837b1888b_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Flag+that+draped+Jackson%E2%80%99s+coffin+on+exhibit" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fflag-that-draped-jacksons-coffin-on-exhibit%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2Fd4dd8124-aeba-11e2-a986-eec837b1888b_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Flag+that+draped+Jackson%E2%80%99s+coffin+on+exhibit" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fflag-that-draped-jacksons-coffin-on-exhibit%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2Fd4dd8124-aeba-11e2-a986-eec837b1888b_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Flag+that+draped+Jackson%E2%80%99s+coffin+on+exhibit" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fflag-that-draped-jacksons-coffin-on-exhibit%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2Fd4dd8124-aeba-11e2-a986-eec837b1888b_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Flag+that+draped+Jackson%E2%80%99s+coffin+on+exhibit" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fflag-that-draped-jacksons-coffin-on-exhibit%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2Fd4dd8124-aeba-11e2-a986-eec837b1888b_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Flag+that+draped+Jackson%E2%80%99s+coffin+on+exhibit" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016635018/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2b396028/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016635018/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2b396028/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016635018/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2b396028/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:57:51 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/flag-that-draped-jacksons-coffin-on-exhibit/2013/04/26/d4dd8124-aeba-11e2-a986-eec837b1888b_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-dividedLinda Wheelerhttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/2abd261e/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Chouse0Edivided0Cpost0Cvisit0Ethree0Emosby0Esites0Eon0Ehorseback0C20A130C0A40C150Cb68b30Af20Ea5d40E11e20E830A20E3c7e0Aea970A570Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ihouse0Edivided/story01.htm<p>The <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.mosbyheritagearea.org/">Mosby Heritage Area Association </a>in Atoka, Va,. is offering a tour May 5 of three of Col. John Singleton <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/americancivilwar/p/mosby.htm">Mosby’s Civil War sites </a>as seen from the back of a horse.</p> <p>Mosby, considered a terrorist by Union officials, was a Confederate hero on horseback who conducted surprise raids on Union camps. The area in which he and his partisan rangers rode was known during the Civil War as Mosby’s Confederacy and included Loudoun, Fauquier, Clarke, Warren and part of Prince William counties.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/visit-three-mosby-sites-on-horseback/2013/04/15/b68b30f2-a5d4-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-divided">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/2abd261e/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fvisit-three-mosby-sites-on-horseback%2F2013%2F04%2F15%2Fb68b30f2-a5d4-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Visit+three+Mosby+sites+on+horseback" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a 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border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/163323252011/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2abd261e/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:07:44 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/visit-three-mosby-sites-on-horseback/2013/04/15/b68b30f2-a5d4-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-dividedLinda Wheelerhttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/2a91976f/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Chouse0Edivided0Cpost0Cemancipation0Eis0Esubject0Eof0Etwo0Edc0Etalks0C20A130C0A40C10A0C437436f60Ea2120E11e20E82bc0E511538ae90Aa40Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ihouse0Edivided/story01.htm<p>The Emancipation Proclamation, which was controversial when President Lincoln signed the declaration 150 years ago this year, continues to fascinate historians today.</p> <p> In Washington this month, there are two opportunities to learn more about Lincoln’s decision to free the slaves in certain parts of the Confederacy and why that continues to matter today.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/emancipation-is-subject-of-two-dc-talks/2013/04/10/437436f6-a212-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-divided">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/2a91976f/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Femancipation-is-subject-of-two-dc-talks%2F2013%2F04%2F10%2F437436f6-a212-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Emancipation+is+subject+of+two+D.C.+talks" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a 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which preserve battlefields and sponsor events around them get a job-boosting, economic return on the investment.</p> <p>“On average, every 702 tourists to a Civil War battlefield support one full-time or full-time equivalent local job,” according to the “Blue, Gray and Green” report written by the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://harbingerconsult.com/">Harbinger Consulting Group</a> of Ham Lake, Minn. “These jobs are independent of any jobs within a local battlefield park,” the report stated.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/new-study-says-battlefield-preservation-creates-jobs/2013/04/09/57488b6e-a127-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-divided">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/2a848e4e/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a 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Wheelerhttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/2a79c9f7/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Chouse0Edivided0Cpost0Cgrants0Eohio0Eboyhood0Ehouse0Ereopens0C20A130C0A40C0A80C60Ac69fe40Ea0A660E11e20E82bc0E511538ae90Aa40Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ihouse0Edivided/story01.htm<p>The Georgetown, Ohio, two-story brick house where Civil War general and later President Ulysses S. Grant grew up has reopened after a $1.4 million restoration.</p> <p> Grant moved to the home with his family in 1823 when he was about a year old and left in 1839 when he went to West Point.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/grants-ohio-boyhood-house-reopens/2013/04/08/60c69fe4-a066-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-divided">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/2a79c9f7/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fgrants-ohio-boyhood-house-reopens%2F2013%2F04%2F08%2F60c69fe4-a066-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Grant%E2%80%99s+Ohio+boyhood+house+reopens" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fgrants-ohio-boyhood-house-reopens%2F2013%2F04%2F08%2F60c69fe4-a066-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Grant%E2%80%99s+Ohio+boyhood+house+reopens" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fgrants-ohio-boyhood-house-reopens%2F2013%2F04%2F08%2F60c69fe4-a066-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Grant%E2%80%99s+Ohio+boyhood+house+reopens" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fgrants-ohio-boyhood-house-reopens%2F2013%2F04%2F08%2F60c69fe4-a066-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Grant%E2%80%99s+Ohio+boyhood+house+reopens" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fgrants-ohio-boyhood-house-reopens%2F2013%2F04%2F08%2F60c69fe4-a066-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided&t=Grant%E2%80%99s+Ohio+boyhood+house+reopens" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163042759316/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2a79c9f7/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163042759316/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2a79c9f7/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/163042759316/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2a79c9f7/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:15:23 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/grants-ohio-boyhood-house-reopens/2013/04/08/60c69fe4-a066-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-dividedLinda Wheelerhttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/2a1afc39/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Chouse0Edivided0Cpost0Cspring0Ecleaning0Efor0Ecivil0Ewar0Ehistoric0Esites0C20A130C0A30C280Cec45b1ce0E97d10E11e20Eb68f0Edc5c4b47e5190Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ihouse0Edivided/story01.htm<p>The<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.civilwar.org/aboutus/events/park-day/"> annual Civil War Trust Park Day,</a> begun in 1996, is scheduled for April 6 and offers an opportunity to help get battlefields, historic building and cemeteries in 25 states ready for the tourist season. Think of it as an expanded spring cleaning.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/spring-cleaning-for-civil-war-historic-sites/2013/03/28/ec45b1ce-97d1-11e2-b68f-dc5c4b47e519_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-divided">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/2a1afc39/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Spring+cleaning+for+Civil+War+historic+sites&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fspring-cleaning-for-civil-war-historic-sites%2F2013%2F03%2F28%2Fec45b1ce-97d1-11e2-b68f-dc5c4b47e519_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161990968980/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2a1afc39/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161990968980/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2a1afc39/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/161990968980/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2a1afc39/a2t.img" border="0"/>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:16:31 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/spring-cleaning-for-civil-war-historic-sites/2013/03/28/ec45b1ce-97d1-11e2-b68f-dc5c4b47e519_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-dividedLinda Wheelerhttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/29cbe27d/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Chouse0Edivided0Cpost0Ccivil0Ewar0Epensions0Estill0Ebeing0Epaid0C20A130C0A30C20A0Cd9562c90A0E91890E11e20Ebdea0Ee32ad90Ada2390Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ihouse0Edivided/story01.htm<p/> <p>Two children of Civil War veterans are still receiving government pensions, <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ap-costs-us-wars-linger-over-100-years">according to an AP article</a> by Mike Baker. Because of privacy policies, federal officials refused to identify them, but Baker was told that one lived in North Carolina and the other in Tennessee.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/civil-war-pensions-still-being-paid/2013/03/20/d9562c90-9189-11e2-bdea-e32ad90da239_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-divided">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/29cbe27d/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Civil+War+pensions+still+being+paid&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fcivil-war-pensions-still-being-paid%2F2013%2F03%2F20%2Fd9562c90-9189-11e2-bdea-e32ad90da239_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161393321893/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/29cbe27d/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161393321893/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/29cbe27d/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/161393321893/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/29cbe27d/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:24:31 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/civil-war-pensions-still-being-paid/2013/03/20/d9562c90-9189-11e2-bdea-e32ad90da239_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-dividedLinda Wheelerhttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/29a68f8c/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Chouse0Edivided0Cpost0Cinterpretive0Ecenter0Eat0Ekellys0Eford0Eopens0Etoday0C20A130C0A30C160Cad20Afee40E8e630E11e20E98380Ed62f0A83ba93f0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ihouse0Edivided/story01.htm<p>On St. Patrick’s Day, 1863, the first large-scale cavalry battle of the Civil War took place at <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/kelly-s-ford.html">Kelly’s Ford</a> in Culpeper, Va. On the sesquicentennial of that battle, which had no clear victor, the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.civilwar.org/">Civil War Trust</a> is opening an interpretive center at the battlefield Sunday at 2:30 p.m. to which the public is invited. The event will include comments by local historians, project consultants and representatives of the Trust and a brief tour of the newly preserved battlefield.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/interpretive-center-at-kellys-ford-opens-today/2013/03/16/ad20fee4-8e63-11e2-9838-d62f083ba93f_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-divided">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/29a68f8c/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Interpretive+center+at+Kelly%E2%80%99s+Ford+opens+today&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Finterpretive-center-at-kellys-ford-opens-today%2F2013%2F03%2F16%2Fad20fee4-8e63-11e2-9838-d62f083ba93f_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158921374048/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/29a68f8c/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158921374048/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/29a68f8c/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/158921374048/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/29a68f8c/a2t.img" border="0"/>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/interpretive-center-at-kellys-ford-opens-today/2013/03/16/ad20fee4-8e63-11e2-9838-d62f083ba93f_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-dividedLinda Wheelerhttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/299d5c2a/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Chouse0Edivided0Cpost0Cslavery0Eexpert0Eto0Espeak0Eat0Elincoln0Ecottage0C20A130C0A30C150Caa5b38360E8d880E11e20E9f540Ef3fdd70Aacad20Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ihouse0Edivided/story01.htm<p>James Oakes, winner of the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.gettysburg.edu/lincolnprize/">2012 Lincoln Prize</a> for his book, “Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865,” will speak at <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://lincolncottage.org/">President Lincoln’s Cottage</a> at the Soldiers’ Home, Washington D.C. on March 21 at 6:30 p.m. There is a fee of $10 for the lecture and a separate $10 fee for a reception at 6 p.m.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/slavery-expert-to-speak-at-lincoln-cottage/2013/03/15/aa5b3836-8d88-11e2-9f54-f3fdd70acad2_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-divided">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/299d5c2a/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Slavery+expert+to+speak+at+Lincoln+Cottage&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fslavery-expert-to-speak-at-lincoln-cottage%2F2013%2F03%2F15%2Faa5b3836-8d88-11e2-9f54-f3fdd70acad2_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158921330827/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/299d5c2a/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158921330827/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/299d5c2a/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/158921330827/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/299d5c2a/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:59:20 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/slavery-expert-to-speak-at-lincoln-cottage/2013/03/15/aa5b3836-8d88-11e2-9f54-f3fdd70acad2_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-dividedLinda Wheelerhttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/29531f8c/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Chouse0Edivided0Cpost0Crare0Emary0Elincoln0Eletter0Eis0Eon0Ethe0Emarket0C20A130C0A30C0A70Cc9866a320E877a0E11e20E98a30Eb3db6b9ac5860Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ihouse0Edivided/story01.htm<p> <strong>Update, March 11, 12:30 p.m.:</strong> The rare Mary Todd Lincoln letter has been sold according to <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.raabcollection.com/mary-todd-autograph-babysitting">the Raab Collection</a>.</p> <p> <strong>Original post:</strong> Mary Todd Lincoln, like all mothers everywhere, had to occasionally make arrangements for a babysitter for her children. Unlike other mothers, however, she didn’t call on a neighbor but rather on Treasury Department supervisor George Harrington, who would dispatch his employee Charles Forbes.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/rare-mary-lincoln-letter-is-on-the-market/2013/03/07/c9866a32-877a-11e2-98a3-b3db6b9ac586_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-divided">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/29531f8c/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Rare+Mary+Lincoln+letter+is+sold&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Frare-mary-lincoln-letter-is-on-the-market%2F2013%2F03%2F07%2Fc9866a32-877a-11e2-98a3-b3db6b9ac586_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158920528128/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/29531f8c/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158920528128/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/29531f8c/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/158920528128/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/29531f8c/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:31:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/rare-mary-lincoln-letter-is-on-the-market/2013/03/07/c9866a32-877a-11e2-98a3-b3db6b9ac586_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-dividedLinda Wheelerhttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/293198f7/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Chouse0Edivided0Cpost0Cmodern0Eday0Eflu0Efeels0Elike0Ethe0Ecivil0Ewar0Esoldiers0Eague0C20A130C0A30C0A40C618739d20E84f70E11e20E9d710Ef0Afeafdd13940Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ihouse0Edivided/story01.htm<p>Some two-thirds of all deaths in the Civil War were from disease. Army camps were rife with chicken pox, scarlet fever, measles, mumps and whooping cough. Then there was the mysterious ague (pronounced AY-gyu) with symptoms similar to the flu: fever, chills and fatigue.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/modern-day-flu-feels-like-the-civil-war-soldiers-ague/2013/03/04/618739d2-84f7-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-divided">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/293198f7/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Modern+day+flu+feels+like+the+Civil+War+soldiers%E2%80%99+ague&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fmodern-day-flu-feels-like-the-civil-war-soldiers-ague%2F2013%2F03%2F04%2F618739d2-84f7-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158920689324/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/293198f7/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158920689324/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/293198f7/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/158920689324/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/293198f7/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:27:32 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/modern-day-flu-feels-like-the-civil-war-soldiers-ague/2013/03/04/618739d2-84f7-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-dividedLinda Wheelerhttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/288790e0/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Chouse0Edivided0Cpost0Cunknown0Edead0Eof0Emonitor0Eto0Ebe0Eburied0Eat0Earlington0C20A130C0A20C130C820A452c0A0E75ee0E11e20E95e40E6148e45d7adb0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ihouse0Edivided/story01.htm<p>Ten years after two skeletons were found in the turret of the wrecked Civil War <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/shipprofiles/p/ussmonitor.htm">USS Monitor</a>, the remains will be buried at Arlington Cemetery on March 8, according to an announcement by U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/unknown-dead-of-monitor-to-be-buried-at-arlington/2013/02/13/820452c0-75ee-11e2-95e4-6148e45d7adb_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-divided">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/288790e0/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Unknown+dead+of+Monitor+to+be+buried+at+Arlington&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Funknown-dead-of-monitor-to-be-buried-at-arlington%2F2013%2F02%2F13%2F820452c0-75ee-11e2-95e4-6148e45d7adb_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158365172372/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/288790e0/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158365172372/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/288790e0/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/158365172372/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/288790e0/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:00:01 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/unknown-dead-of-monitor-to-be-buried-at-arlington/2013/02/13/820452c0-75ee-11e2-95e4-6148e45d7adb_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-dividedLinda Wheelerhttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/286744e9/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Chouse0Edivided0Cpost0Clawmaker0Etries0Eto0Estop0Erenaming0Eof0Econfederate0Eparks0Emonuments0C20A130C0A20C0A90C2460A93560E72ef0E11e20Ea0A50A0Eb83a7b35c4b50Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ihouse0Edivided/story01.htm<p>A Tennessee state legislator has introduced a bill that would, in part, prohibit the renaming or rededication of any historical monuments, memorials or parks previously named for military figures or wars. Rep. Steve McDaniel (R) sponsored the bill after the Memphis City Council voted to rename three parks with Civil War names. As of Tuesday, Forrest Park — named for Confederate war hero Nathan Bedford Forrest — became Health Sciences Park, Confederate Park became Memphis Park and Jefferson Davis Park was renamed Mississippi River Park.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/lawmaker-tries-to-stop-renaming-of-confederate-parks-monuments/2013/02/09/24609356-72ef-11e2-a050-b83a7b35c4b5_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-divided">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/286744e9/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Tennessee+lawmaker+tries+to+stop+renaming+of+Confederate+parks%2C+monuments&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Flawmaker-tries-to-stop-renaming-of-confederate-parks-monuments%2F2013%2F02%2F09%2F24609356-72ef-11e2-a050-b83a7b35c4b5_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155985053638/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/286744e9/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155985053638/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/286744e9/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/155985053638/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/286744e9/a2t.img" border="0"/>Sat, 09 Feb 2013 20:13:20 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/lawmaker-tries-to-stop-renaming-of-confederate-parks-monuments/2013/02/09/24609356-72ef-11e2-a050-b83a7b35c4b5_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-dividedLinda Wheelerhttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/2861c6c6/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Chouse0Edivided0Cpost0Cshenandoah0Evalley0Efoundation0Epurchases0Enew0Ehq0C20A130C0A20C0A80C98eea9d80E72360E11e20Eac360E3d8d9dcaa2e20Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ihouse0Edivided/story01.htm<p>The nonprofit <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.shenandoahatwar.org/">Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation</a>, active in preserving battlefield land for 13 years in far western Virginia, has purchased a three-story antebellum hotel in New Market as its headquarters. The 1808 brick building is at the main intersection of the historic town and within the general boundaries of the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/va110.htm">New Market battlefield</a>.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/shenandoah-valley-foundation-purchases-new-hq/2013/02/08/98eea9d8-7236-11e2-ac36-3d8d9dcaa2e2_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-divided">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/2861c6c6/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Shenandoah+Valley+foundation+purchases+new+HQ&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Fshenandoah-valley-foundation-purchases-new-hq%2F2013%2F02%2F08%2F98eea9d8-7236-11e2-ac36-3d8d9dcaa2e2_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155985075734/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2861c6c6/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155985075734/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2861c6c6/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/155985075734/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2861c6c6/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:46:29 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/shenandoah-valley-foundation-purchases-new-hq/2013/02/08/98eea9d8-7236-11e2-ac36-3d8d9dcaa2e2_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-dividedLinda Wheelerhttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/2838b7ac/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Chouse0Edivided0Cpost0Cfrederick0Edouglass0Estatue0Emoves0Eto0Ecapitol0Etoday0C20A130C0A20C0A40C56382610A0E6ee30E11e20Eac360E3d8d9dcaa2e20Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ihouse0Edivided/story01.htm<p>The District of Columbia will finally have a statue of its own at the Capitol, and fittingly, it is one of abolitionist, orator and District resident <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.frederickdouglass.org/douglass_bio.html">Frederick Douglass</a>. Although the decision was made a year ago this month, the actual move date was announced over the weekend. The public celebration is scheduled for today from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the lobby of One Judiciary Square where the statue has been displayed.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/frederick-douglass-statue-moves-to-capitol-today/2013/02/04/56382610-6ee3-11e2-ac36-3d8d9dcaa2e2_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-divided">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/2838b7ac/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Frederick+Douglass+statue+moves+to+Capitol+today&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Ffrederick-douglass-statue-moves-to-capitol-today%2F2013%2F02%2F04%2F56382610-6ee3-11e2-ac36-3d8d9dcaa2e2_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984803821/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2838b7ac/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984803821/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2838b7ac/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/155984803821/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2838b7ac/a2t.img" border="0"/>Frederick DouglassU.S. CongressMon, 04 Feb 2013 16:06:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/frederick-douglass-statue-moves-to-capitol-today/2013/02/04/56382610-6ee3-11e2-ac36-3d8d9dcaa2e2_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-dividedLinda Wheelerhttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/282ba914/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Chouse0Edivided0Cpost0Ctwo0Ecivil0Ewar0Eprograms0Ein0Ewashington0Ethis0Emonth0C20A130C0A20C0A20C9b7c14f20E6d760E11e20E8740A0E9b58f43c191a0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ihouse0Edivided/story01.htm<p>The National Archives is offering two free programs this month of interest to Civil War enthusiasts. At noon on Feb. 6, history professor and author Heather Andrea Williams will discuss her research on post-Civil War advertisements placed for missing family members by African Americans. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/two-civil-war-programs-in-washington-this-month/2013/02/02/9b7c14f2-6d76-11e2-8740-9b58f43c191a_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-divided">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/282ba914/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Two+Civil+War+programs+in+Washington+this+month&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fhouse-divided%2Fpost%2Ftwo-civil-war-programs-in-washington-this-month%2F2013%2F02%2F02%2F9b7c14f2-6d76-11e2-8740-9b58f43c191a_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984736322/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/282ba914/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984736322/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/282ba914/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/155984736322/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/282ba914/a2t.img" border="0"/>Sat, 02 Feb 2013 21:04:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/two-civil-war-programs-in-washington-this-month/2013/02/02/9b7c14f2-6d76-11e2-8740-9b58f43c191a_blog.html?wprss=rss_house-dividedLinda Wheelerhttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/2184f375/l/0Lxmlfeeds0Bwashingtonpost0N0Crss0C0Dwprss0Frss0Ihouse0Edivided/story01.htm<p>Craig Symonds, author of many books on U.S. naval history, including “<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/HistoryAmerican/?view=usa&#38;ci=9780199931682">The Civil War at Sea</a>,” is scheduled to speak at <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://lincolncottage.org/">President Lincoln’s Cottage</a> on the grounds of the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington on Jan. 31 at 6:30 p.m. </p> <a href="?wprss=rss_house-divided">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635861/s/2184f375/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Craig+Symonds+to+speak+at+Lincoln%E2%80%99s+Cottage&link=http%3A%2F%2Fxmlfeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Frss%2F%3Fwprss%3Drss_house-divided" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112701/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2184f375/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112701/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2184f375/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544112701/u/0/f/635861/c/34656/s/2184f375/a2t.img" border="0"/>Steven Spielbergpresidential electionDreamWorks LLCMon, 28 Jan 2013 19:07:00 GMT?wprss=rss_house-dividedLinda Wheeler