Thursday, January 17, 2013

We still haven't figured out what to do about the confederacy.

The Texas Tribune reports on the latest tussle over how to deal with Texas' confederate past. The Son's of Confederate states that the current plague insufficiently honors the Confederacy. It reads:
"Because this building was built with monies from the Confederate Pension fund it was, at that time, designated as a memorial to the Texans who served the Confederacy."
Not good enough for the group. Here's one of the many confederate monuments on the capitol grounds










We discussed controversies over the content of history and government curriculum in class this week, at least a bit. Covering Texas' past presents on an ongoing conflict in the state.

Click here for an interactive map of all Texas' confederate markers.

And here's a related story.