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By James P. Gannon
Special to the Rappahannock News
From “The Birth of the Nation” in 1915 through “Gone with the Wind” in 1939 to “Cold Mountain” in 2003, America’s Civil War has been the focus of major motion pictures that have fascinated several generations of film fans. Hollywood’s handling of this great American epic will be the subject of a special program next month to raise funds for a project to beautify the Rappahannock County courthouse grounds.
Filmmaker Ron Maxwell, who produced the Civil War movies “Gettysburg” and “Gods and Generals,” will present a program titled, “The Civil War in Film,” on the evening of Friday, Oct. 22, at The Theatre in Washington.
Maxwell will show film clips and comment on how the War Between the States has been treated on the big screen over the decades.
The former Hollywood producer moved from Los Angeles to Rappahannock County about 18 months ago and now lives near Flint Hill. A devoted student of history and a committed historical preservationist, Maxwell has agreed to put on this one-time-only program at the request of three community groups which are sponsoring the program—the Blue Ridge Civil War Round Table, the Rappahannock Historical Society, and the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection (RLEP).
The evening will be a fund-raiser for a project known as “The Gardens of Washington Courthouse,” which was announced last spring
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