Army Reserve Brig. Gen. Bassford, deputy commanding general of the 88th Regional Support Command, speaks to a crowd about life and legacy of Civil War hero and 19th President Rutherford B. Hayes during a wreath laying ceremony at his tomb in Fremont, Ohio, Oct. 4, 2015. The ceremony served as the capstone event for a weekend celebration at the Hayes estate known as Spiegel Grove. The celebration included hundreds of Civil War-era costumed re-enactors, period exhibits and a Battle of Opequan re-enactment.

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