The song goes, "We are a band of brothers, native to the soil, fighting for the property [i.e., slaves] we gained by honest toil. And when our rights were threatened, the cry rose near and far: Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star. Hurrah, hurrah, for Southern Rights hurrah. Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star." Sickening. (And my brain continues to amaze me that I remember that from an album of Civil War songs I had 35 years or so ago.)
Have you read Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz? It's about 10 years old, and it does an excellent job of addressing the continuing cultural resonances of the Civil War.
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Date: 2007-11-14 05:06 pm (UTC)Have you read Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz? It's about 10 years old, and it does an excellent job of addressing the continuing cultural resonances of the Civil War.