The idea that there are still parks and places named after Civil War Generals from the South

[theHandpuppet]

218. That old argument really burns me

As if the history and memories of the "old South" belong solely to white people who fought for the Confederacy. Some 180,000 Southern Unionists, mostly from the southern Appalachians, fought to preserve the union, as well as an additional 100,000 southern ex-slaves who fought with the United States Colored Troops. Where are their statues, memorials, parks, the bridges, schools and roads named after these patriots?

By implying that the history of the "Old South" is proprietary to the Confederacy is an insult to the millions of enslaved people -- and white Unionists -- who are also part of Southern history... not that most folks in the South have been taught that some quarter million of their brethren fought and died against the secessionist cause of the stars and bars.