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Piecing a Nation Together: Hilton Head Nine Patch

Freedmen’s School on Roanoke Island, Virginia The Civil War ended and the Reconstruction of the nation began in 1865. Lincoln hoped to bind the people back together as one, but soon found how challenging a task lay before him. Frayed pieces of blue and gray scraps, some with red stains that refused to wash out, […]