Jantzen64
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- Aug 10, 2019
I would be very interested in hearing board members' differing views about the issue of "reconciliation" in the years after the War, continuing after Reconstruction. Specifically, I have been participating in some of the threads related to monuments/base-namings etc. and will sometimes see one member or another refer to the North/South "reconciling" in the years after the war. There does seem to be some effort on the part of the Federal Government - in the wake of the end of Reconstruction - to allow/accept references or nods to Confederate iconography as a way of moving past the war and/or as some type of extension of the proverbial olive branch.
What was the North's reaction to this, including veterans' organizations such as the GAR? And how did the South see this? I confess not to have studied the issue in depth, but my reaction to the period was that it was like that old movie "War of the Roses", where a fighting husband and wife agree to call off the divorce, but literally divide up the area of the house and don't really communicate. There really didn't seem to be much real reconciliation, notwithstanding the wonderful words of say, The Eternal Light Peace Memorial.
Thoughts? Or resources/studies on the issue to consider?
Apologies if this belongs over in the monuments discussion.
What was the North's reaction to this, including veterans' organizations such as the GAR? And how did the South see this? I confess not to have studied the issue in depth, but my reaction to the period was that it was like that old movie "War of the Roses", where a fighting husband and wife agree to call off the divorce, but literally divide up the area of the house and don't really communicate. There really didn't seem to be much real reconciliation, notwithstanding the wonderful words of say, The Eternal Light Peace Memorial.
Thoughts? Or resources/studies on the issue to consider?
Apologies if this belongs over in the monuments discussion.
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