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Pro Tips For Defending Confederate “Heritage” from the Sons of Confederate Veterans Manual

The feature image is from a 2015 campaign by the Sons of Confederate Veterans to erect a new memorial to the Confederacy in Texas.  This…

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The Source the Sons of Confederate Veterans Get Their “History” From

This is the third installment of our look at the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) Confederate Heritage Defense manual. Today we will look at the…

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Posted in Civil War Lost Cause

The Sons of Confederate Veterans Manual Claims that Black People Loved “Dixie” (and Maybe the Confederate Flag)

This week we are discussing the conscious fabrication of history in the Sons of Confederate Veterans’ Heritage Defense manual. The manual was designed to equip…

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The Weird History of Secession in the Sons of Confederate Veterans 2016 Manual for Defending Confederate Statues

The Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) wrote the book on blocking the removal of Confederate statues-quite literally. In 2016 the SCV put out a “Heritage…

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Sons of Confederate Veterans Tribute to Nathan Bedford Forrest at 1909 UCV Convention

The 1909 Convention of the United Confederate Veterans was held in Memphis, Tenn. between June 8 and June 10. The annual conventions of the premier…

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Confederate Memorial Day and the Lost Cause Myth

The Atlantic Magazine has an article by Clint Smith on nostalgia and the Lost Cause. It includes his attendance at a Confederate Memorial Day event…

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It Appears that Kevin Levin is Setting the Agenda for the Sons of Confederate Veterans Sending them Searching for Black Confederates

Question: Why did the Confederacy lose the war? Answer: Too many flag bearers, too few muskets. Historian Kevin Levin appears to be setting the agenda…

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