Trump's Fake Civil War Battle [View all]

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http://www.golfdigest.com/story/details-details-donald-trump-has-plaque-at-his-golf-course-commemorating-civil-war-battle-that-never-happened

TRUMP HAS PLAQUE AT HIS GOLF COURSE COMMEMORATING CIVIL WAR BATTLE THAT NEVER HAPPENED

Note -- President Donald Trump recently caused a stir with comments about Andrew Jackson and the Civil War. However, this is not Trump's first case of historical revisionism regarding the Great Rebellion. From 2015:

We all play golf courses that feature various memorials to people and events: benches, flagpoles, that sort of thing. At my home club, for instance, there's a stone marker honoring the memory of a longtime starter at the club from decades earlier.

Call me naive, but I've always operated under the assumption that this was at one point an actual person.

It's worth reconsidering only because of a New York Times report from Tuesday that says Donald Trump's Northern Virginia Trump National Golf Club features a plaque between the 14th and 15th holes honoring a Civil War battle at that precise spot. The inscription, signed by Trump, reads:

“Many great American soldiers, both of the North and South, died at this spot. The casualties were so great that the water would turn red and thus became known as ‘The River of Blood.’ It is my great honor to have preserved this important section of the Potomac River!”

Nice sentiment, small problem: there apparently was no such battle.

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