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Author of the new book PRESIDENTS OF WAR (Crown). Nine books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. Contributor PBS @NewsHour. Williams College. Born Chicago.

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    Michael Beschloss‏Verified account @BeschlossDC May 24

    Battle of Gettysburg survivors drop flowers on battlefield from plane, Memorial (Decoration) Day 1938: #LOCpic.twitter.com/2YMOE1nuCj

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      2. E. Vashawn Griggs‏ @GrindMode73 May 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        The African-American connection to Gettysburg https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.civilwarwomenblog.com/african-americans-of-gettysburg/amp/ …pic.twitter.com/3ho4snH5RK

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      4. Darnell Branch  🇺🇸 💦 💦‏ @BacksweetBranch May 25
        Replying to @GrindMode73 @BeschlossDC

        Wow! Never to late to learn! Robert E Lee had his confederate soldiers capture blacks & take them South. Their orders were to leave the whites property alone & take blacks property. Good thing some whites caught them and brought the black ppl back to Gettysburg....amazing!

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      1. Paul Marr‏ @SerendipitySays May 25
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Quite astounding to think they fought in the Civil War and lived long enough to fly over it in an airplane - reading up on it, some Civil war veterans even lived long enough to see the end of World War II!

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      1. Vicki Muzzy‏ @fuzzymuzz May 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        What an amazing photo. Your posts are so thoughtful -- they take our mind off of our current day worries.

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      1. Patricia Marsolais‏ @PatriciaMarsol2 May 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Thank you for your thoughtful posts🙏

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      1. AnikaGlass‏ @Neeterlou May 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Our history is so short as we see events overlap just a few generations. And our democracy and our Union seem very fragile viewed this way. It takes only a couple of bad players.

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      2. Darnell Branch  🇺🇸 💦 💦‏ @BacksweetBranch May 25
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @janlascko

        Imagine how they felt seeing and riding in an airplane, after fighting at Gettysburg in 1863. Rest in Peace soldiers.

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      3.  ⚔️USMC & USN veteran ⚔️‏ @janlascko May 25
        Replying to @BacksweetBranch @BeschlossDC

        I can't even imagine their amazement on being on an airplane!

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      4. Darnell Branch  🇺🇸 💦 💦‏ @BacksweetBranch May 25
        Replying to @janlascko @BeschlossDC

        Yeah man! They look like their abt 70 or 75, maybe older. They saw big change fo sho!

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      5. Randy W. Williamson‏ @Rwwmsontree May 25
        Replying to @BacksweetBranch @janlascko @BeschlossDC

        Probably at least late 80s to lower 90s. 74yrs between 1864 to 1938. Probably at yougest was 15 yrs old. COOL PIC!!

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      7. Randy W. Williamson‏ @Rwwmsontree May 26
        Replying to @RickyReturnsLOL @BacksweetBranch and

        Yes, 1863 , sorry.

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      1. David Woodbury‏ @David_Woodbury May 25
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        The seated veteran is the accomplished photographer, William Henry Jackson. There is a fascinating essay on him here, from the Wyoming Historical Society: https://tinyurl.com/ybh88jco 

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      1. Mary M Schweitzer‏ @DocMary75 May 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Oh my. That is a moving photo. Even being in a plane like that - what had they seen in their lives?

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      1. Scott Crass‏ @CrassPolitical May 25
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        This should be one of the most iconic photos of all time. Those veterans had to have been over 90 which for those days was ancient.

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      1. Anthony Parsons‏ @AnthonyParsons May 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        I wonder if either of those men made it to the premiere of Gone With The Wind the next year. I always tear up when I see the footage of Civil War veterans of both sides attending that premiere.

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      1. Tony Steiner‏ @TonyOrAnthonyS May 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        This is a perfect post Michael. Thank you.

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      1. zannerina‏ @zannerina May 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Very moving.

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      2. Freedom Fries #VetsResistSquadron‏ @FriesFreedom May 27
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @ljhickey24

        I’m old enough to remember when poppies were worn to honor the fallen ones. “In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row...”

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      3. mohammad shatat‏ @Moshatat1 May 27
        Replying to @FriesFreedom @BeschlossDC @ljhickey24

        Funny, a lot of people don’t it was first adopted by the American Legion after WWI.

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      5. mohammad shatat‏ @Moshatat1 May 27
        Replying to @FriesFreedom @BeschlossDC @ljhickey24

        I know it only too well. A bunch of the Thunder Riders are staying at the hotel across the street.

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