1.0 link 212674 <![CDATA[On the Occasion of President Obama's Wreath for the Confederate Memorial]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ronald-maxwell/on-the-occasion-of-presid_b_212674.html This speech was given by Ronald F. Maxwell, on Sunday, June 7, 2009, at the annual commemoration of the Confederate Monument in Arlington National Cemetery.

Greetings.

I am humbled when I see the list of former speakers for this event: the great Civil War historian James I. Robertson, former Secretary of the Navy and current Senator from the Commonwealth of Virginia, Jim Webb, former National Park Service chief historian and revered doyen of Civil War battlefield guides, Ed Bearrs. Following in his...

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