"The cowards mantle?" A bit of a drama queen, aren't you?
Can't answer the question, can you. Coward or Yankee? Same thing? 300,000 died in blue to persevere this perverted Union for 21st century collectivism. That is the REAL lost cause. What a waste - just like you.
The Lincoln memorial, you know the DC site that "aroused" you when you visited it, remember? I have a little secret, the grotesque Lincoln figure sitting on a throne; he is actually sitting on a US Constitution - bespoiling it.