Category: Lost Cause
Opposing Stone Mountain’s Confederate Memorialization & Lee’s Shrine in 1926
In the 1920s, Confederate groups like the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Sons of Confederate Veterans were pushing forward schemes to memorialize the…
Refuting the Lost Cause Argument of Alexander Stephens: What About the Slavery?
Alexander Stephens was the Confederate Vice President who said that slavery was the “Cornerstone” of the Confederacy. After the Confederacy was defeated and slavery was…
Alabama City of Eufaula Purposely Forgets Its History of 1874 Massacre of Black Voters
The Birmingham News has an in-depth article by Kyle Whitmire on how Eufaula, Alabama ignores is history. This is a city ostensibly steeped in history,…
Report Says Reconstruction History Classes Need to Center Black Communities Redefining Freedom & Joy
One of the more interesting recommendations of the Zinn Education Project report on the teaching of Reconstruction is that teachers should “Foreground the meaning of…
New Report Critical of Lack of Reconstruction Education in Middle and High Schools
The progressive Zinn Education Project has a new report out on the state of Reconstruction education in American schools. Here is a list of the…
The New Attack on W.E.B. DuBois Is Very Much the Same Old Attack
W.E.B. DuBois was already getting a lot of attention last year because of his association with Critical Race Theory. The fact that he has been…
Changes to Pa. Markers for Gettysburg Campaign & Chambersburg Burning Denounced as Woke
Pennsylvania’s Historical and Museum Commission has changed the signage marking Confederate troop movements in McConnellsburg, Fulton County. McConnellsburg is and hour’s drive west of Gettysburg,…
Around the Web November 2021: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media
Here is some of the best of Civil War and Reconstruction social media from the last month. One disappointment last month was the continued silence…
NY Times on the New USCT Monument Unveiled in Franklin, Tennessee
The New York Times gave major story coverage to the Saturday unveiling of the new United States Colored Troops statue in Franklin, Tn. According to…
September Was the Cruelest Month for the Lost Cause of Memory
The last month has been one of dislocation for those of us devoted to Civil War and Reconstruction. Nathan Bedford Forrest was literally relocated,…
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