Many dream of standing victorious against their foes, but winning does not say it all. I, along with millions of viewers, have watched the Los Angeles Lakers take the NBA Championship for the last three years; and yet however easy it may seem, or glorious it may seem, no one person understands the effort put forth except the men on ... , and he was willing to die to raise the flag of the United States. Another bit of common knowledge is the fact the Civil War is the bloodiest war in American history, but with so much blood it is hard to remember people's individual strides, such as the strid...

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