Author Topic: Rewriting the Civil War is slap in the face to Americans (Read 652 times)

mystery-ak · « **on:** August 08, 2017, 02:35:44 pm »

Rewriting the Civil War is slap in the face to Americans
By John William Templeton, contributor - 08/08/17 10:20 AM EDT

I was stunned during a recent visit to Grant's Tomb to learn that more than 1.5 million had turned out for the funeral of President Ulysses S. Grant along Riverside Drive in New York City. He was described as the most loved American.

New York City was the same place where riots took place for four days in 1863 to protest being drafted to serve under Grant.

Somehow that hasn't come across in the history that most contemporary Americans believe. The recent furor over the removal of Confederate memorials in New Orleans highlights that there are far more monuments to Confederate generals than to Grant, who decisively won the Civil War as commander of the Union Army.

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http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/civil-rights/345686-rewriting-the-civil-war-is-slap-in-the-face-to-americans

dfwgator · « **Reply #1 on:** August 08, 2017, 02:44:03 pm »

The average American knows Jack Squat about American History these days.

Night Hides Not · « **Reply #2 on:** August 08, 2017, 03:11:34 pm »

Another example of forgetting our history, the good and the bad. It should be all out there, the hell with safe spaces.

We visited Little Big Horn a few days ago. I learned that Custer made a pledge to a Cheyenne chief that he would never take up arms against the Cheyenne.

He broke that years long pledge the day of the battle.

goatprairie · « **Reply #3 on:** August 08, 2017, 06:34:28 pm »

A slight disagreement with the writer of this article, the proposed new HBO series "Confederate" isn't being made to glorify slavery. The liberals wanting to make the series actually believe they'll promote some sort of racial understanding and sympathy for black Americans.
The premise is ludicrous, (there's no chance slavery would survive into the 20th century), but the lib creators certainly aren't attempting to paint slavery as good.
As far as Civil War history, I've never seen or am least not aware of a non-documentary movie or series that entailed the entire sweep of the war. Certainly, a movie or series made about the last year of the war would seem to be possible.
But it seems most current filmmakers are more concerned about making movies about aliens, zombies, time travel, and SJW themes rather than historical events.