Fort Sumter: Somber 150th anniversary of Civil War

Fort Sumter: Somber 150th anniversary of Civil War (Updated 1:45 p.m.) Recordnet.com:  April 12, 2011 1:44 PMCHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) —
Booming cannons, plaintive period music and hushed crowds ushered in the 150th anniversary of America's bloodiest war on Tuesday, a commemoration that continues to underscore a racial divide that had plagued the nation since before the Civil War. The events marked the 150th anniversary of the Confederate bombardment of Union-held Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, an engagement that plunged the nation into four years of war at a cost of more than 600,000 lives."