One hundred and fifty years ago yesterday, General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Confederate Army to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox. The Civil War was effectively over as a living experience. It immediately transitioned into memory. For some Americans, the Civil War is almost a non-event, a non-memory. I, for instance, grew up in … Continue reading (W)Archives: Memorializing the Most Important Surrender in American History