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Photographer: Mike Stroud
Taken: February 20, 2011
Caption: H. L. Hunley Memorial Crew 3
Additional Description: On April 17, 2004 the remains of the crew were laid to rest at Magnolia Cemetery in Charleston, South Carolina.Tens of thousands of people attended including some 6,000 reenactors and 4,000 civilians wearing period clothing. Color guards from all five branches of the U.S. armed forces—wearing modern uniforms—were also in the procession. Even though only two of the crew were from Confederate States all were buried with full Confederate honors including being buried with a version of the Confederate national flag.
Submitted: February 21, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p145241
File Size: 1.174 Megabytes

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