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Confederate Memorial Day: When multiple states celebrate treason in defense of slavery
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<blockquote data-quote="Occams Barber" data-source="post: 72590451" data-attributes="member: 313365"><p>From <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_Memorial_Day" target="_blank">Wiki</a>pedia:</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Confederate Memorial Day</strong> (also called <strong>Confederate Heroes Day</strong> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas" target="_blank">Texas</a>) is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holiday" target="_blank">holiday</a> observed in several <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_United_States" target="_blank">Southern states</a> since the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conclusion_of_the_American_Civil_War" target="_blank">end of the American Civil War</a> to remember the estimated 258,000 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" target="_blank">Confederate</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldier" target="_blank">soldiers</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailor" target="_blank">sailors</a> who <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killed_in_action" target="_blank">died fighting</a> against the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" target="_blank">Union</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_Memorial_Day#cite_note-1" target="_blank">[1]</a> </em></p><p></p><p><em>The holiday was promoted by Southern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_legislature" target="_blank">state legislatures</a> after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" target="_blank">Civil War</a> to reinforce and symbolize <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_supremacy" target="_blank">white supremacy</a> in the South.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_Memorial_Day#cite_note-2" target="_blank">[2]</a> During the 1950s and 1960s, the holiday also served as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixiecrat" target="_blank">symbol of resistance</a> against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desegregation" target="_blank">desegregation</a> and black <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_and_political_rights" target="_blank">civil rights</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_Memorial_Day#cite_note-3" target="_blank">[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_Memorial_Day#cite_note-4" target="_blank">[4]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_Memorial_Day#cite_note-5" target="_blank">[5]</a> </em></p><p></p><p><em>The holiday is observed in late April in many states to recall the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_(military)" target="_blank">surrender</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_of_Tennessee" target="_blank">last major Confederate field army</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennett_Place" target="_blank">Bennett Place</a> on April 26, 1865.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_Memorial_Day#cite_note-Woolf1976-6" target="_blank">[6]</a> The holiday is observed widely, but unofficially, in most Southern states. </em></p><p>OB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Occams Barber, post: 72590451, member: 313365"] From [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_Memorial_Day']Wiki[/URL]pedia: [I][B]Confederate Memorial Day[/B] (also called [B]Confederate Heroes Day[/B] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas']Texas[/URL]) is a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holiday']holiday[/URL] observed in several [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_United_States']Southern states[/URL] since the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conclusion_of_the_American_Civil_War']end of the American Civil War[/URL] to remember the estimated 258,000 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America']Confederate[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldier']soldiers[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailor']sailors[/URL] who [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killed_in_action']died fighting[/URL] against the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)']Union[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_Memorial_Day#cite_note-1'][1][/URL] [/I] [I]The holiday was promoted by Southern [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_legislature']state legislatures[/URL] after the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War']Civil War[/URL] to reinforce and symbolize [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_supremacy']white supremacy[/URL] in the South.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_Memorial_Day#cite_note-2'][2][/URL] During the 1950s and 1960s, the holiday also served as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixiecrat']symbol of resistance[/URL] against [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desegregation']desegregation[/URL] and black [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_and_political_rights']civil rights[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_Memorial_Day#cite_note-3'][3][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_Memorial_Day#cite_note-4'][4][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_Memorial_Day#cite_note-5'][5][/URL] [/I] [I]The holiday is observed in late April in many states to recall the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_(military)']surrender[/URL] of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_of_Tennessee']last major Confederate field army[/URL] at [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennett_Place']Bennett Place[/URL] on April 26, 1865.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_Memorial_Day#cite_note-Woolf1976-6'][6][/URL] The holiday is observed widely, but unofficially, in most Southern states. [/I] OB [/QUOTE]
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