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Today apparently marks the 70th anniversary of the battle of Athens, Tennessee - an armed insurrection led by former GI's against McMinn county that... won? What exactly happened in the aftermath? How were the "rebels" able to get off essentially scot-free?

by /u/Wellzzer01 in /r/AskHistorians

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