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Wednesday, June 07, 2017

Meet the 78-year-old man who created a miniature Antietam

Lester "Sonny" Mason poses by his 1950 Mack Truck in front of the Clara Bee gift shop on Route 65 in Sharpsburg, Md. The truck...

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John Banks: John Banks is author of A Civil War Road Trip Of A Lifetime, Connecticut Yankees at Antietam and Hidden History of Connecticut Union Soldiers. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Civil War Times, Civil War Monitor, Civil War News, America's Civil War and Military Images. Banks, who attended Mount Lebanon (Pa.) High School, graduated from West Virginia University (B.A. in journalism). A longtime journalist (The Dallas Morning News, ESPN, The History Channel), he is secretary-treasurer of The Center for Civil War Photography.

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