The Oldest House on Duval Street in 1865.

TODAY IN KEY WEST HISTORY / April 20, 1865

1865 Word reached Key West that General Robert E. Lee had surrendered to General U.S. Grant on April 9 virtually ending the Civil War. There was a great celebration and the Army fired a 100-gun salute.

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