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Source: Made By History at the Washington Post

11/9/2021

Colin Powell's Funeral: A Missed Opportunity for Unity

by Sarah J. Purcell

Since George Washington's death in 1799, Americans have used the funerals of prominent leaders as occasions to temporarily escape growing factional and partisan division.