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	<title>Freedom Blog &#187; Virginia</title>
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		<title>Church Denies Membership to Interracial Couples: Remember the Lovings</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2011/11/pike-county-ky-church-denies-membership-interracial-couples/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Glavic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gulnare Freewill Baptist Church, in Pike County, Kentucky has voted to not accept interracial couples into membership or allow them to &#8220;take part&#8221; in worship activities. The vote took place on Monday. While the church says everyone is welcome to come worship, they do not condone interracial marriage. The proposal said &#8220;parties of such marriages [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disagreements Over Symbolism &amp; The Confederate Flag</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Glavic</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/?p=6494</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday, September 22 was the inaugural meeting of the NURFC&#8217;s community Civil War Book Club. We discussed Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz. Confederates in the Attic is a great book; it&#8217;s a quick read full of quippy one-liners that dissect the Civil War in a way that makes you want to put [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Second Battle of Ream&#8217;s Station</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2011/08/battle-reams-station/</link>
		<comments>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2011/08/battle-reams-station/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Isett</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/?p=6207</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Siege of Petersburg was one of hardest fought Virginia campaigns in the Civil War, and on the 25th of August, it began to reach a tactical head. The Union occupied Ream’s Station, which was situated squarely on a Confederate supply line to the besieged city of Petersburg. Union troops ensured that the 14 miles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Freedom of Forgiveness</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2011/07/freedom-forgiveness/</link>
		<comments>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2011/07/freedom-forgiveness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodie McFarland</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/?p=5736</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When the Elmira Civil War Prison Camp opened in 1864, John W. Jones was serving as superintendent of nearby Woodlawn Cemetery. From July of 1864 to August of 1865, Mr. Jones was responsible for supervising the burial of 2,973 Confederate soldiers. He took great care in tending to the bodies, ensuring that they received a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freedom Center Partnering with Ohio Historical Society to Host Civil War Exhibit</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2011/06/freedom-center-partnering-ohio-historical-society-host-civil-war-exhibit/</link>
		<comments>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2011/06/freedom-center-partnering-ohio-historical-society-host-civil-war-exhibit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodie McFarland</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/?p=5534</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Beginning in July, 2011 the Freedom Center will be the host site for the new Civil War traveling exhibit developed by the Ohio Historical Society entitled, Ohio and the Civil War: 150 Years Later. This panel exhibit features stories from Ohio’s rich Civil War Era history; including well known generals, the Underground Railroad, the African [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lincoln&#8217;s Legacy: What do you think?</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2011/04/lincolns-assassination/</link>
		<comments>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2011/04/lincolns-assassination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Glavic</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/?p=4881</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[146 years ago today, during a performance at Ford&#8217;s Theater in Washington D.C., President Abraham Lincoln received a fatal bullet shot from John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln was the first U.S. President to be assassinated. John Wilkes Booth was an actor and Confederate sympathizer &#8211; he and circle of conspirators originally plotted to kidnap Lincoln on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Did John Brown fail?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/12/john-brown-fail/</link>
		<comments>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/12/john-brown-fail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Glavic</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/?p=3875</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Interpretive Services Manager, Richard Cooper, provides today&#8217;s post reflecting on the hanging of John Brown 151 years ago: On October 16, 1859, abolitionist John Brown led a raid on the government arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. He hoped it would inspire an all-out slave rebellion throughout the region. 36 hours later, Brown and his men [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faith to Freedom Daily: John Pavy</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/09/faith-freedom-daily-john-pavy/</link>
		<comments>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/09/faith-freedom-daily-john-pavy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris McMahon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Stories]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/?p=3390</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1823 John Pavy, Baptist preacher at Fredericksburg (Warsaw), was run out of town for his strong anti-slavery views.  He, his wife Jane Wynn Pavy, and his family that included seven sons, three of whom became ministers of the Gospel, crossed the Ohio River into Indiana. The first documented Underground Railroad station in Switzerland County [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faith to Freedom Daily: John Brown</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/09/faith-freedom-daily-john-brown/</link>
		<comments>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/09/faith-freedom-daily-john-brown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris McMahon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/?p=3310</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Best known for leading the 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry in VA, John Brown had been an active opponent of slavery since his early childhood.  Born into a family of passionate anti-slavery activists, Brown was raised to abhor the oppressive institution of slavery.  After his family moved to Hudson, OH, a town known for its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faith to Freedom Daily: Thomas Anderson</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/08/faith-freedom-daily-thomas-anderson/</link>
		<comments>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/08/faith-freedom-daily-thomas-anderson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris McMahon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/?p=3043</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Account of Thomas Anderson, a Slave, Cabell County, Virginia, was taken down by J. P. CLARK on December 24, 1854. He is known as Uncle Tom where he resides:  I was born a slave in Hanover county, Virginia, and being very much exposed in my boyhood&#8211;no one taking any interest in my welfare&#8211;I became [...]]]></description>
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