They change with the generations, with the times, even with the events going on. They can be manipulated to fit ones motives and have to be altered as we gain more knowledge of the events of past events. Civil War memories are particularly complex. As Americans our wartime memories usually have us, the good guy, verse them, the bad guy. In the fight against ourselves, who is good and who is bad? Aa it is a dark time in the country’s history it would seem logical to forgive and forget, a very Reconciliatory stance to take on the matter, and yet many people feel drawn to it. They all have their own views and interpretations of the war, whether passes down or developed for themselves. It is a complicated issue that perpetuates the fascination that many Americans hold with the
They change with the generations, with the times, even with the events going on. They can be manipulated to fit ones motives and have to be altered as we gain more knowledge of the events of past events. Civil War memories are particularly complex. As Americans our wartime memories usually have us, the good guy, verse them, the bad guy. In the fight against ourselves, who is good and who is bad? Aa it is a dark time in the country’s history it would seem logical to forgive and forget, a very Reconciliatory stance to take on the matter, and yet many people feel drawn to it. They all have their own views and interpretations of the war, whether passes down or developed for themselves. It is a complicated issue that perpetuates the fascination that many Americans hold with the