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Home Security and the Ghost Whispers

If you are like most American families, you have heard about services like SecurityChoice or any of the others out there – ones that offer monitoring features. Some even talk to you. Case in point, remember the ghost stories that came out of Appomattox just last year? A family claiming to be deep in the [...]

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Ghost Hunting and the Mysteries of Appomattox

Appomattox, Virginia, is a relatively quiet small town, with one major event that has shaped the entire public knowledge of its existence, which is of course Robert E. Lee surrendering to Ulysses S. Grant at the McLean house. Of course, being such an important piece of civil war history has also brought a large number [...]

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Surrender Your Taste Buds to the Food of Appomattox

History buffs will be in their element as they dine at Babcock House, not far from the site where General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Virginian army to General Grant. Babcock House is set in an elegant 1884 Victorian home featuring antiques, as well as scrumptious food. Dinner selections include mouth watering dishes such as, [...]

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