[John Filson]

I read an article about a black man who wanted to read a poem at an African American Civil War Memorial ceremony in DC about Africans who fought for the Confederacy. He was denied the opportunity. The number of blacks who fought for the South is a mystery, but their silent testimony offers a good deal of contrast to the contemporary polemics we get from anti-Southern activists. The war was truly complex, and any sincere effort to remember it accurately is to be commended.

[stainlessbanner]

This happens regularly. HK Edgerton has been denied when he offers to speak with school children about the war. Turns out the folks in charge of many schools, businesses, and organizations are more interested in pushing their own biased view of history, than the truth.

As long as we keep history alive and telling our story, the truth will abound.

[stand watie]

one of the members of our SCV camp was DENIED the ability to lay flowers at the monument in memory of his Confederate ancestor, despite the FACT that the local newspapers had said that EVERYONE with a "Civil War" ancestor was invited to do so.

it was RACISM & dixie-bashing, pure & simple.

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