The Civil War lasted 5 years ending 1865. Yet we are apparently still fighting it 140 years later in 2006. It's American history folks. History should be preserved and studied, not fought or erased. JMHO.
Well, some folks still believe their ancestors were promised forty acres and a mule. Some of their descendants still want the land and the mule, plus interest.
Lots of silly stuff keeps the war simmering.