From the April 13, 2014 Richmond (Va.) Times Dispatch "Appomattox preparing for Civil War spotlight" by Katrina Koerting of the News and Advance.\
Appomattox is expecting big crowds for the 150th anniversary of General Robert E. Lee's surrender to General U.S. Grant on April 9, 1965.
The National Park Service will be having a commemoration April 8-12, 2015. Also other organizations like the Museum of the Confederacy (well, used to be Museum of the Confederacy), Friends of Appomattox and the county historical society are involved.
Planning is now 76% completed and work still being done on traffic control, shuttle service and logistics.
Parking at local schools will be used as they will be on spring break
A Civil War ball is planned for April 10, 2015, at the Appomattox Primary School.Work on plans began in 2011.
--Old Secesh
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