Category: Monuments
More Eyewitness Accounts from Gettysburg Militia Occupation on July 4
The Journal of the Civil War Era has four blog posts this week on the descent of heavily armed “militias” and racist groups on Gettysburg…
Letter to National Park Service from Historian Critical of “Militia” Occupation of Gettysburg
Photo of peaceful anti-racism procession at Gettysburg on July 19, 2020. h/t Jake Wynn Dr. Jennifer M. Murray is Professor of History at Oklahoma State…
New Poll Shows Growing Opposition to Symbols of the Confederacy
The latest Quinnipiac University Poll shows growing opposition to the display of Lost Cause relics like the statues of Confederate leaders. They also now view…
Historian Megan Kate Nelson Questions “Union” Statues in the Southwest
Historian Megan Kate Nelson has a new article in the Atlantic on the ambiguous “Union” statues in the Southwest that now face removal. According to…
Scholar of German Holocaust Memory Discusses How Confederacy Is Remembered Today
The New Yorker brought in philosopher Susan Neiman this week to answer questions about the commemoration of the Confederacy in the modern United States. A…
Watch Video of Armed Militiamen Confronting Pastor Wearing Black Lives Matter Shirt at Gettysburg
The far-right militiamen who assembled fully armed at Gettysburg on July 4th mobbed a Methodist pastor in the National Cemetery there because he was wearing…
The Defenders of Confederate Symbology OnLine and the Current Moment
I like to visit the different Civil War blogs and participate in the Civil War social mediashpere, but I often feel like a tourist. While…
The False Cause: Fraud, Fabrication, and White Supremacy in Confederate Memory by Adam H. Domby
The False Cause: Fraud, Fabrication, and White Supremacy in Confederate Memory by Adam H. Domby published by University of Virginia Press, 272 pages (2020) Hardcover…
Historian David Blight on The Lost Cause and Lost Statues
With the removal of Stonewall Jackson’s statue in Richmond, the collapse of the Lost Cause interpretation of the Civil War is apparently underway. In today’s…
David Blight: Don’t Tear Down the Lincoln Statue in Washington
David Blight has an op ed in the Washington Post contra calls to remove the statue of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator in D.C. Here…