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Ceremony for Monitor sailors stirs familial ties

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The turret of the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor is lifted out of the ocean off the coast of Hatteras N.C.

Associated Press/August, 2002

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The ceremony is scheduled on the 151st anniversary of the Battle of Hampton Roads. On March 8, 1862, the Brooklyn-made Monitor fought the CSS Virginia in the first battle between two ironclads. The two-day battle ended in a draw.