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The American civil war; how “we” remember

The American civil war; how “we” remember. By: Ian Witten WRD 110. what are we taught?. North vs. South Slavery “Honest” Abe Lincoln= BEST THING EVER Possibly Jim Crow Laws. What we see and hear. Monuments Lincoln Re-enactments Museums Historic Sites The Gettysburg Address

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The American civil war; how “we” remember

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  1. The American civil war; how “we” remember By: Ian Witten WRD 110

  2. what are we taught? • North vs. South • Slavery • “Honest” Abe Lincoln= BEST THING EVER • Possibly Jim Crow Laws

  3. What we see and hear • Monuments • Lincoln • Re-enactments • Museums • Historic Sites • The Gettysburg Address • Dixie and Battle Hymn of the Republic

  4. What we aren’t taught • Slavery wasn’t a big fighting issue during the war. • White men weren’t the only ones fighting • Blacks • Indians • Women

  5. What we don’t see or hear • How truly devastating the war was • The stories of Natives who gave their lives to both causes, and were stabbed in the back by the U.S. • Gruesomeness of the fighting • The rest of the lives of the soldiers/civilians “Bloody Lane” Antietam

  6. Re-Enacting’s role “Reenacting is honoring those, of which many have their lives, who fought during our countries toughest ordeal up to that time.” 1stSgt. Benjamin Gaona 24thKy Company E “Reenacting is supposed to be an immersive experience into a different era in which one is transported to a different place and can begin to learn and gain a respect of what and who came before them.” 1st Sgt. Benjamin Gaona 24th Ky Company E

  7. What needs to be done • Shedding light on less talked about issues • Honoring all who were involved • Understanding t hat sorrow and pain runs deep in everyone who was involved in the war

  8. resources Fortney, J. (2012). Least we remember;civil war memory and commeration among the five tribes. American Indian Quarterly, 36(04), 525-544. Wachtell, C. (2010). Memory, mourning, and malvern hill. At the Interface / Probing the Boundaries, 71, 43-61. Gaona, B. (2014, March 24). Interview by I Witten []. Questions and answers; civil war re-enacting.

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