Civil War Memorials

J. Pepper Bryars describes a normal man who went to fight in the war in great detail. He gives names and dates to make the story more real to the readers who aren't connected to it. I think his best point is about the unmarked graves. He talks about how people made memorials to honor people who they would otherwise have no way to honor because of the lack of graves and marked burial locations. He believes that these people should get to have memorials to fallen soldiers so that they can be honored for who they are and not dishonored for the cause that they fought for.

LeeAnna Keith focuses more on political parties and the differences between them when it comes to the memorials. She also talks a lot about replacing the old memorials with new ones that are more sensitive the modern people. She mentions a lot of names of people who she believes could be potential replacements for the memorials and they are all people who both sides could most likely agree on granting a memorial.

Davids Persons talks a good bit about the Confederate Flag and what it symbolizes to people. He says that even though people claim they are flying it to honor fallen Confederate soldiers, he doesn't believe they should do so because the people that they are honoring fought for the cause for slavery.

I agree most with J. Pepper Bryars opinion. I think that families should be able to have a place to honor their fallen ancestors. Even if their ancestors were part of the Confederacy, the families now are not and just because their ancestors were doesn't mean they should be punished for it. All these families want is a place to honor their ancestors and fallen family members. Even though the cause they chose to fight for was not a good one what so ever, the common soldier didn't call the major shots during the battles and I think that the surviving families deserve a place to remember their history.

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