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“I Intend to Make the Yankees Pay”: A Monumental Discussion
Conclusion of a series. Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 are available. This past Saturday, while passing through Richmond, I decided to visit the J.E.B. Stuart statue on Monument Avenue. Lately it seems that I have been in Stuart’s shadow. Beginning in the last week of July, I prepped for the ECW Symposium Tour of […]
Read more...A Monumental Discussion: Steward T. Henderson
Over the past two weeks, I have had many conversations with visitors and co-workers about whether Confederate monuments should be removed from public spaces. I must say that I have mixed emotions on this subject, first of all because the Civil War monuments of both Union and Confederate soldiers triggered my interest in the Civil […]
Read more...A Monumental Discussion: Dana Shoaf
Before the tragedy in Charlottesville, Confederate monuments had already been sparking controversy around the country. Civil War Times, in an issue that now seems prescient, tackled the topic in its most recent issue, setting a high bar for rational, informed discussion. While talking with me about CWT’s project, editor Dana Shoaf offered to share his […]
Read more...A Monumental Discussion: Meg Groeling
I have written several versions of an essay on my feelings concerning the issue of the removal of Confederate monuments and statues, and I am never satisfied that I have expressed myself well, or even accurately. My words sometimes fail me when my emotions are involved. I see this as a very complex issue. Slavery, […]
Read more...A Monumental Discussion: Kelly Mezurek
Over the last few days, I have been perplexed by the number of people who have condemned Tina Fey’s “Sheetcake” skit (SNL Weekend Update Summer Edition, August 17, 2017). Is it that people are unable to understand the multiple levels of her social commentary? Are they just too frustrated, angry, or tired of the heightened […]
Read more...A Monumental Discussion: Matthew Christopher Hulbert
Matthew Christopher Hulbert, PhD, a colleague of Emerging Civil War’s through our “Engaging the Civil War” series, teaches history at Texas A&M-Kingsville. He has produced two books on guerrilla warfare in the Civil War, and his essays have appeared in the New York Times, Civil War History, Journal of the Civil War Era, Journal of […]
Read more...A Monumental Discussion: Dwight Hughes
This is a story of three statues in context. Known locally as “Appomattox,” the first statue is a humble Confederate soldier standing tall on his plinth at a busy intersection in Alexandria, Virginia. He is a dignified but sad fellow, facing south with hat in hand, arms folded, eyes downcast, completely unarmed. The second is […]
Read more...Monumental Discussion: Matt Stanley
Part of being an historian is changing your conclusions in light of new evidence. Just days ago, on the anniversary of the U.S. dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, I explained to a colleague how my views on the necessity of dropping that bomb had changed dramatically as a result of having read new […]
Read more...A Monumental Discussion: Chris Mackowski
How many of you remember Piss Christ? In 1987, photographer Andres Serrano took a small plastic crucifix and submerged it in a glass of his own urine. He then took a photo and included it in a touring exhibit where, in 1989—after two years on display—it suddenly caused a national uproar. Conservatives called the work […]
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