Abstract
In Virginia, where I live and work, bits of the past pierce the present in ways both startling and routine. Civil War history and Confederate flags do not just appear in museums, archives, and at the state's many Civil War historic sites. They also show up on city sidewalks and in town parks; on beach towels, car bumpers, and the mud flaps of trucks; in dorm windows; and in the statements of elected officials. The Lost Cause—what neo-Confederates today call southern heritage—surrounds us. Often, these signs of the past in the present surprise me, though I have lived in Virginia for fifteen years. On a spring trip to Richmond, I saw two white men and an African American woman waving a large Confederate flag on the sidewalk in front of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (vmfa). It was not clear what exactly these “flaggers,” as some supporters...
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