FOCUS: Family Civil War saber now takes on different feeling

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MILTON, Ga. | Growing up in rural Gwinnett County in the 1950s and 1960s, I was fortunate to learn about and appreciate my family history. I loved talking to my elders.

My grandmother had interesting historical items throughout her house, and I enjoyed rummaging through bureau drawers. She could make a hundred years ago seem not so very long ago. My sons seem to have inherited that interest in family lore, as well…

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