The phrase "Better Late Than Ever" has never sounded more true until now. Many Civil War soldiers did not get a proper funeral until yesterday, Saturday, September 19th, 2015. We are not talking about a few years overdue, we are talking about 100/150 years overdue. The funeral also coincidentally landed on national POW/MIA Recognition day. I understand that over the course of these years passing by people could have been bothered by the fact that these funerals hadn't occurred but the important thing is that they were not forgotten and that these funerals did occur. In a way it was good that this big funeral took place now, 150 years later, because it served as a reminder or maybe even a new lesson for people, especially younger people, of the terrible events that took place at Andersonville, one of biggest Confederate prisoner-of-war camps, more than a century before and all the lives that were lost. Although so much time had passed I think this funeral probably added a good sense of closure on the deceased for their remaining family and friends.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/19/us/andersonville-funeral-for-13000-civil-war/index.html
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