HISTORISTA

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Tag: Civil War memory

The Resistance Files: How Will We Remember What Happened in Charlottesville?

By Gerard Fitzgerald Most nights I walk or jog 4-6 miles and my route takes me through the “Academical Village” at UVA. It is a beautiful and yet very conflicted historical space. Built in part by slaves, the design – and especially the neoclassical Rotunda – really can open the mind, just as...

Since the tragic events in Charlottesville, many scholars of Civil War memory have been on the front lines of a public discussion about the meaning of white supremacist memorials, and their future in our nation’s civil and collegiate landscapes. You will find below links to historian-authored op-eds and blog posts, listed in alpha order...