Article by: BBC | August 17 2017
Its been over 150 years since the last shots were fired in the US Civil War, but a debate still rages over how history will remember the losing side.
Hundreds of statues dedicated to the Confederacy – the southern states which revolted against the US government – exist all throughout the United States, and often serve as an offensive reminder of America’s history of slavery and racial oppression.
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