VIDEO TRANSCRIPT: According to “The New York Times,” confederate groups across the south are planning festivities to mark the period that began the civil war. An anniversary of treason, defensive servitude, murder and genocide — a joyous night of music, dancing food and drink.
Montgomery, Alabama, is planning a parade as well as a mock swearing in of Jefferson Davis. South Carolina’s “secession ball” will be on a smaller scale in other cities. The main event will be held December 20th in Charleston, at the auditorium — a ferry ride away from Fort Sumter — where the confederates attacked the army in April 1861.
The ball’s organizer Jeff Antley tells “The New York Times,” his event will be a celebration of the men who signed the document. “We’re celebrating those people who risked their lives and fortunes to stand for what they believed in, which is self-government.”
Meanwhile, the president of South Carolina’s NAACP told the “Times” that this is a glamorization and sanitization of events. South Carolina’s December 1860 declaration of secession had 18 references to slavery in it and complained that the election of Abraham Lincoln meant slavery in the U.S. was doomed and that’s why he split. Other groups are preparing TV ads to commemorate “history,” for example — the “whitewash” video below.
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Disguising Hate as Heritage: The Neo-Confederate Tradition Of Refighting The Civil War.
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