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Souths top defender of slavery mothballed as museums reject it; tax dollars piling up to display Civil War submarine as South Carolina grapples with history.

Of all my Confederate coworkers, they checked the most flagrantly unexpected demographic boxes, but they weren’t unique. Out of the seven soldiers at the fort, there was one definite conservative, loosely defined, and one possible conservative who owned a gun but also seemed willing to entertain just about any idea under the sun. The rest were liberals at the very least, and the term leftist was applied to more than just oceanography.

It stands to reason that Woodrow Wilson would be the president to bring us Army bases named for traitors who waged war on this country with the goal of preserving slavery.

The Lost Cause myth that was used to justify honoring the Confederate general was bankrupt from the start.

Lost Cause, interpretation of the American Civil War that attempts to preserve Southern honor by casting the Confederate defeat in the best possible light. It attributes the loss to the overwhelming Union advantage in manpower and resources, and it downplays or altogether ignores slavery as the cause of war.

The Neutral Ground Review: CJ Hunt Injects Humor Into the Debate Over Confederate Monuments The Neutral Ground Review: CJ Hunt Injects Humor Into the Debate Over Confederate Monuments Before joining The Daily Show, field producer CJ Hunt honed his satirical approach digging into the powerful grip of Lost Cause logic on the South. Peter Debruge, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Running time: Running time: 82 MIN. Courtesy of Tribeca Festival In August 2017, Americans clashed in Charlottesville,...

Are the Lost Causers and their confederates finding they may have better luck becoming Charters of Freedom banner wavers? I saw many Stars-and-Stripes wavers bombarding the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but I didn’t see anyone I would call civic-minded. From the board of education to the town councils to the county courthouses, free speech adherents want to curtail our votes and scholarly curriculum. I watched speakers for the Charters of Freedom at the historic courthouse in Carthage on A...

‘Almost Home’: On Place, Legacy, Growing Up in Atlanta, and Symbols of White Supremacy The largest confederate memorial in America is carved out of rock in Stone Mountain, Georgia. The site is linked to many Klu Klux Klan gatherings and the state of Georgias resistance to the Civil Rights movement in the 50s and 60s. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images) In “Almost Home,” an essay at the Los Angeles Review of Books, Pete Candler reflects on growing up in Atlanta, and ...