In Florida, owners of commercial establishments (where alcohol is sold) may be fined up to $1,000 if they participate in or permit any contest of dwarf-tossing. The law makes sense, but the fact that the state has to spell it out might make you scratch your head.
On April 9, 1865 General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia. This signaled the start of the end of the American Civil War. Prior to Surrender. In early 1865, the Union Army began marching through the state of Virginia, pushing back the Confederate forces.
Let Us Have Peace by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris. On April 9, Lee surrendered his army to Grant at the small village of Appomattox Court House. General Grantâs generous terms of surrender fulfilled Lincolnâs sentiments. For his part, Lee restrained his soldiers from initiating guerrilla warfare. The two generals, who had so opposed disunion and war, contributed significantly to the process of healing.