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Loudonville museum examines the shifting legacy of Civil War symbols
Loudonville museum examines the shifting legacy of Civil War symbols
(Ashland Source) – The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum’s Speaker Series wraps up on Monday, April 21 with a thought-provoking program titled “Statues, Flags, and the Ongoing Battle Over the Meaning of the Civil War,” examining how symbols of the Confederacy continue to shape public memory and spark national debate.
In recent years, events like the 2015 mass shooting in Charleston and the 2017 unrest in Charlottesville have reignited national debates over Confederate monuments and flags.
These symbols have become flashpoints in a larger conversation about how we remember — and interpret — our shared history. What often gets overlooked in these debates is that monuments and flags are not simply historical artifacts; they are expressions of how certain groups have chosen to remember the past.
In the case of the Confederacy, many of these monuments were not erected in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, but decades later — during the rise of Jim Crow laws — to reinforce white supremacy and erase the political presence of African Americans.
Similarly, the resurgence of Confederate flags in the mid-20th century was deeply tied to resistance against the Civil Rights Movement.
Together, these symbols reflect not just the legacy of the Confederacy, but also the power struggles over who gets to shape historical memory. While the South may have lost…
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