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		<mainTitle>Upper Post Timeline</mainTitle>
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		<firstYear>1865</firstYear>
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		   	<year>1865-1897</year>
			<title>Department of the Dakota</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Fort Snelling's Upper Post has had a long and often overlooked role in America's military history.  Having begun in 1879 as an expansion of the frontier fort, the Upper Post helped oversee the settlement of the northern plains and the closing of the frontier.<br/><b><u><font color="#FF3300"><a href="http://www.nps.gov/miss/historyculture/up1865.htm" target="_blank">more...</a></font></u></b>]]></description>
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			<year>1898</year>
			<title>Spanish-American War</title>
			<description><![CDATA[As America's first war abroad, the Spanish-American War brought U.S. forces to Cuba and the Philippines to oust the Spanish from their colonial strongholds.  Troops trained at Fort Snelling -- including "Buffalo Soldiers" from the 25th Regiment, one of America's first all African-American infantry units -- engaged the Spanish on both fronts.<br/><u><font color="#FF3300"><b><a href="http://www.nps.gov/miss/historyculture/up1898.htm" target="_blank">more...</a></font></u></b>]]></description>
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			<year>1899 - 1918</year>
			<title>Preparing for the World Stage</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Drawing on lessons learned during the Spanish-American War, the U.S. Army moved to create a modern, professional army.  As the nation's entry into World War I neared, soldiers at Fort Snelling sculpted the Upper Post to resemble the trench-strewn battlefields of the Western Front and engaged in mock battles.<br/><b><u><font color="#FF3300"><a href="http://www.nps.gov/miss/historyculture/up1899.htm" target="_blank">more...</a></font></u></b>]]></description>
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			<year>1920 - 1929</year>
			<title>The Roaring 20's</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Following World War I, the Army needed to reduce its size but understood the need to maintain a small but professional standing army and to train civilians that it could mobilize quickly, if needed.  A new emphasis on sports and education made the fort a nationally-recognized training facility.<br/><b><u><font color="#FF3300"><a href="http://www.nps.gov/miss/historyculture/up1920.htm" target="_blank">more...</a></font></u></b>]]></description>
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			<year>1929 - 1941</year>
			<title>The Great Depression</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Great Depression provided much-needed renovations and repairs at Fort Snelling. After the stock market crash of 1929, millions of Americans became jobless. In response, Franklin D. Roosevelt initiated the New Deal, creating organizations to put the unemployed to work. During this time, Fort Snelling received new sewers, sidewalks, roads, recreation facilities and more.<br/><b><u><font color="#FF3300"><a href="http://www.nps.gov/miss/historyculture/up1929.htm" target="_blank">more...</a></font></u></b>]]></description>
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			<year>1941 - 1945</year>
			<title>World War II</title>
			<description><![CDATA[World War II brought new life to Fort Snelling.  As the Midwest's largest induction center, home to the Military Intelligence Service Language School, the headquarters for the Military Railway Service and more, Fort Snelling's final years as an Army base saw it expand to its greatest size.<br/><b><u><font color="#FF3300"><a href="http://www.nps.gov/miss/historyculture/up1941.htm" target="_blank">more...</a></font></u></b>]]></description>
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			<year>Today</year>
			<title>Current Status</title>
			<description><![CDATA[After being decommissioned by the U.S. Army in 1946, Fort Snelling was handed over to the Veteran's Administration and has served a variety of uses since.  Since then, the buildings have stood largely empty.  But great progress is underway.<br/><u><b><font color="#FF3300"><a href="http://www.nps.gov/miss/historyculture/uptoday.htm" target="_blank">more...</a></font></u>]]></description>
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