The marriage of the railroads, and therefore the Atlantic and the Pacific, simulcast coast to coast by telegraph on May 10, 1869, symbolized that just four years after the end of the Civil War, the United States was once again united

The marriage of the railroads, and therefore the Atlantic and the Pacific, simulcast coast to coast by telegraph on May 10, 1869, symbolized that just four years after the end of the Civil War, the United States was once again united, says Sarah Vowell https://t.co/P66qTaqAQV

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