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The sword Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee had at his side when he surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant is returning to Appomattox as the centerpiece of a new museum examining the post-Civil War struggle to heal the nation.
"This is a bold step by us to take the museum where the people are, where tourists are going in growing numbers," Mr. Rawls said.
"Appomattox is one of those words you can say anywhere in the world and people know what you're talking about, like Waterloo," he said. "Appomattox is the very metaphor for the end of the Civil War and the reunification of the nation."
