tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382701500597998482.post8346893328262698895..comments2010-06-06T07:24:19.996-07:00Comments on Public History Index: Public History Indexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16244221398140899103noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382701500597998482.post-60427550651962500672010-06-06T07:24:19.996-07:002010-06-06T07:24:19.996-07:00A Memorial Day Weekend letter to the editor of the...A Memorial Day Weekend letter to the editor of the Rome (GA) News-Tribune praised Rome's "honor wall," which lists the area's wartime casualties. The letter writer then wondered, where were the names of the "hundreds of men (who went) to defend the South against the invading armies of the imperial federal government."<br /><br />This is more a psychological than historical curiosity to me, but so many southerners--obviously including Virginia's governor--have no problem with their dual allegancies: to today's United States and to yesterday's Confederate States.Chopdawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14789951526793596245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382701500597998482.post-64778478418095568622010-04-19T07:58:25.553-07:002010-04-19T07:58:25.553-07:00Excellent points! The textbook controversy in Texa...Excellent points! The textbook controversy in Texas also highlights this attack (violent, yes) on the past, and I would argue, on the last half-century or so of academic scholarship. It's all quite a compelling example of the importance and frustration of History as a discipline and profession.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15108709090217081282noreply@blogger.com