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Ruins of the Exchange Bank in Richmond, Virginia in 1865
When body counts in the Middle East are in the triple digits and rhetoric from leaders sounds hollow, there are days it seems like the country is in a very dire place. Independent Producer Nate DiMeo puts these feelings into a little historical perspective by reminding us of the Gilded Age, the years just after the Civil War: "It was time a just like ours, but just way, way uglier."