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Along with MK's first question. How did the idea being paid for their Civil War memories shape the writing of them by Civil War veterans? -Megan Mc. | Along with MK's first question. How did the idea being paid for their Civil War memories shape the writing of them by Civil War veterans? -Megan Mc. | ||
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| + | "Never had memory possessed such commercial value in America." What do you think of this quote? Is remembrance of the civil war the most commercial American memory?- Aaskins | ||
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| + | The theme of the 1880s-90s is soldierly reconciliation, but black veterans are either excluded or segregated. Why would the Union veteran groups become increasingly exclusive to blacks?- Aaskins | ||
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| + | Is the Lee monument in Richmond inappropriate? As Blight points out, it is hard to interpret African American reaction to the monument, so does that make the monument acceptable or even more inappropriate?- Aaskins | ||
