Hear the Bells from 2:15 to 2:19 p.m.

Morrison, IL, schools and churches will participate in the “Bells Across the Land” ceremony from 2:15 to 2:19 p.m., marking the unofficial end of the Civil War.  Thursday, April 9, 2015, is the 150th anniversary of the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia–by Confederate General Robert E. Lee–to Union Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant.  The Sesquicentennial marks a major reduction in horrific conflict which ranged from 1861 to 1865.