“Do you love this country?!” - disturbing reflections on Civil War “memory”
Just last fall, I was at a reenactment where I encountered one of my old friends. Now, I need to set the scene, so bear with me.
Historically (funny word to use in this context considering the nature of Civil War “memory”), I have worn gray at reenactments. I reenacted Confederate maybe once or twice [...]
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